Keira Knightley In ‘Star Wars’: What Her Role Was & If She’ll Ever Return

The British actress was featured in lots of scenes alongside Natalie Portman for ‘The Phantom Menace’ — however she’s not precisely certain which character she performed!

Keira Knightley had a task in one of many largest Star Wars blockbusters — however she’s not precisely certain who she performed! Whereas her reminiscence is probably not clear, the rabid followers of the long-lasting sci-fi movies will undoubtedly recall the British magnificence taking up Sabé, a handmaiden and physique double of Queen Padmé Amidala of Naboo (performed by Natalie Portman) in 1999’s Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. “Was I not Padmé?” Keira sincerely requested throughout a dialogue with ComingSoon.web in 2020. “Oh, I used to be Sabé,” she hilariously corrected herself.

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Keira Knightley performed a task in ‘Star Wars: The Phantom Menace’, (NEIL HALL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

“You already know, I noticed the movie as soon as when it got here out.” she continued. “I feel I used to be 12 after I did it, and it got here out, and I noticed it the yr after, and I’ve by no means seen it once more. So I performed Sabé, and she or he didn’t die? I hope she lived a protracted and pleased life someplace on a planet far, distant. I’m certain she did.”

In response to the official Star Wars databank, “Sabé is a very powerful of Queen Amidala’s royal retinue of handmaidens. Throughout disaster conditions, Sabé and Amidala swap roles. Sabé turns into a decoy, disguised because the Queen, whereas Amidala adopts a easy robe of a handmaiden, and goes by her much less formal identify of Padmé Naberrie. When on this function, Sabé and Padmé secretly talk with refined alerts as to not reveal their true identities. In the course of the Commerce Federation invasion of Naboo, Sabé posed because the Queen on a number of events.”

Kiera’s function within the galaxy far, distant got here far, far earlier than she was a family identify. Phantom Menace was three years previous to Bend It Like Beckham, which made Hollywood heavyweights take discover of Kiera for her star-turning efficiency as soccer-loving teen Jules. A yr later, she had signed on for 2003’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl enjoying the a part of Elizabeth Swan. With the Star Wars movie being one among her first forays into movie-making over 20 years in the past, it's comprehensible why she might have little reminiscence of it.

“I imply, I used to be 12. I actually don’t bear in mind,” Keira shared to Whole Movie. “I bear in mind the headdress being so heavy, it gave me a headache. I actually bear in mind the headache from one of many headdresses. And I bear in mind being within the background for such a very long time that I’d really fallen asleep. I used to be simply sitting in a chair, and I used to be within the background, however I couldn’t hold my eyes open. I actually do not forget that. However other than that, I don’t bear in mind anything about it.”

With the Star Wars universe not too long ago taking up film theaters, streaming providers and video video games, Kiere additionally mirrored on the possibilty of reprising her function as Sabé. “Reprising the character I can’t even bear in mind the identify of?” she instructed ComingSoon.web. “No, there hasn’t… There hasn’t. There ought to be, although. I’m certain her life has been lengthy and attention-grabbing. However no, no, there’s been no dialogue.”

 

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