Natalie Portman Talks 25 Years Since Star Wars, Filming Natalie's Rap for SNL and Lady in the Lake

Natalie Portman talks about living in Paris, working with Seth and The Lonely Island on Saturday Night Live's digital short Natalie's Rap and her Apple TV+ miniseries Lady in the Lake.
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Natalie Portman Talks 25 Years Since Star Wars, Filming Natalie's Rap for SNL and Lady in the Lake - Late Night with Seth Meyers
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[@frawgy]

*annnnnnd now on to watch Natalie’s Rap, for the millionth time* 😁😁😁

[@billyrigby4839]

and Natalie's Rap 2 lol

[@televation]

literally did the exact same thing lmao

[@jonlava173]

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[@cscss2923]

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[@John-ct9zs]

It's amazing to think that in 1999 the original Star Wars was 22 years ago in 1977, which felt like an eternity ago at the time. Now we're in 2024 and we're 25 years away from 1999, and to me the late 90s and 2000s doesn't feel all that long ago. But I guess to kids or early 20s people it must feel like a long time ago.

[@MidwestWind]

Omg. I am in an existential crisis now

[@boonnathan9827]

Dude smoke a bong. Haha.

[@bozotheclown169]

ikr, i remember obsessing on Phantom Menace (the build up to it) throughout 99 downloading the trailers on early internet (that it was reporrted ppl were going to see movies like Meet Joe Black and The Siege just to see TPM trailer then leave) the posters, the vanity fair issue etc (and thered been the OT SW re-releases with new FX in cinemas the previous year), and back then the SW trilogy seemed an eternity ago (actually only 16y. i saw Jedi at the cinema in 83 and then ANH/ESB later on tv/vhs)..now TPM is like 25years ago!! hell even TFA is coming up for 10y and that literally feels just the other month!

[@KiloMintoni-kg4kn]

Any film called Star Wars recorded after 1983 is bull$∆#t!!!!

[@interdimensionalsteve8172]

Just as stunning as ever.

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

💥👸🏻🩷🔥🥰🌟

[@rudebuddha4895]

Look ma no plastic surgery. By now most her age have that "wide eyed" goosed look of a face lift. Like they are constantly surprised...

[@katlis]

@@rudebuddha4895 Natalie, Gal Gadot, Bar Refaeli... Israel has that real "fountain of youth." 😂

[@hairiseverything]

@@rudebuddha4895 girl... she has botox... her forehead isn't moving... 🙄

[@rudebuddha4895]

@@hairiseverything Ah I said no plastic surgery. So point still goes to me

[@fabrislemos]

Her SNL rap was amazing

[@YesItsReallyKeith]

listened to it a million times !! lol

[@jeffmccloud905]

@@fabrislemos she actually has two!

[@DeckerdSmeckerd]

Touching

[@mr.j8568]

@@jeffmccloud905 No. 2 is better than most rap on the radio right now.

[@NoFapTate]

Btw in your opinion guys which chick more likely allowed (or perhaps still allows if the latter still has segs since she divorced and given her age, jobs, kids etc) facials/chest shot and/or swallowed for him between Taylor Swift and Natalie Portman? Since Tay slept around and Natalie is a mom. Also in your opinion do the ladies eat garlic and onion occasionally?

[@doh4828]

The crush never ends.

[@itskevinzerbe]

it really doesn't. mine's been hanging on since about 2005

[@NoFapTate]

Btw in your opinion guys which chick more likely allowed (or perhaps still allows if the latter still has segs since she divorced and given her age, jobs, kids etc) facials/chest shot and/or swallowed for him between Taylor Swift and Natalie Portman? Since Tay slept around and Natalie is a mom. Also in your opinion do the ladies eat garlic and onion occasionally?

[@NeonKix]

As one who is almost the same age as Natalie, having grown up with her movies, it's nice to share the passage of time together. Garden State was one of my favs. Thanks Natalie!

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

Star Wars 🥰🔥🩷🎉🌟👸🏻

[@christopherlane969]

Léon would be so proud of Matilda of how far she has come

[@dzenacs2011]

Just rewatched uncut version. Lol. It would impossible to release this film today. Forgot aboout how shockng this film was for our times

[@davolbc]

Great movie!

[@FabianNeidhardt]

I'd really like to see her in a Leon Sequel.

[@TheNateGatsby]

Yeah the pdfile/groomer would be so proud

[@babymordred121]

​@@dzenacs2011 Lol, that's probably why the version that was released was the *cut* version; it was impossible to release then, too!

[@karanjetley]

She still got it!

[@NoFapTate]

Btw in your opinion which chick more likely allowed (or perhaps still allows if the latter still has segs since she divorced and given her age, jobs, kids etc) facials/chest shot and/or swallowed for him between Taylor Swift and Natalie Portman? Since Tay slept around and Natalie is a mom. Also in your opinion do the ladies eat garlic and onion occasionally?

[@scottm6986]

Natalie’s rap is awesome

[@unvergebeneid]

How did I not know this existed?! I just looked it up and it's amazing!

[@carter_lovejoy]

It’s iconic!

[@NoFapTate]

Btw in your opinion guys which chick more likely allowed (or perhaps still allows if the latter still has segs since she divorced and given her age, jobs, kids etc) facials/chest shot and/or swallowed for him between Taylor Swift and Natalie Portman? Since Tay slept around and Natalie is a mom. Also in your opinion do the ladies eat garlic and onion occasionally?

[@AaronHahnStudios]

Natalie .. Impossible to dislike her.

[@growingmelancholy8374]

I dislike her and I don't even know her.

[@adamcrapple6089]

Talk to her ex husband ;)

[@seanperrydj]

Impossible !!! She’s great !!

[@ordinarryalien]

@@growingmelancholy8374 Sounds like a very smart and mature thing to do...

[@seanperrydj]

You dislike the music of the Beatles as well ??? ​@@growingmelancholy8374

[@emilyshabang]

Natalie Portman is so gorgeous and seems like a very sweet person

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

🔥🥰🩷🎉👸🏻🌟👍

[@NoFapTate]

Btw in your opinion which chick more likely allowed (or perhaps still allows if the latter still has segs since she divorced and given her age, jobs, kids etc) facials/chest shot and/or swallowed for him between Taylor Swift and Natalie Portman? Since Tay slept around and Natalie is a mom. Also in your opinion do the ladies eat garlic and onion occasionally?

[@ViperaRaddei]

I've always adored this woman.

[@RubenWillems1]

Her correcting Seth and saying "football". The world thanks you 💞

[@GD-tt6hl]

It isn't called football because you kick a ball with your foot, it was called football because it was done-on foot-rather than a sport on a horse which was much more common around the formation of football. People get the origin wrong all the time, the name has literally nothing to do with kicking a ball. Whenever people say handegg it drives me crazy and reminds me of their ignorance.

[@RubenWillems1]

@@GD-tt6hl you handegg fanatics always make me laugh

[@GD-tt6hl]

@@RubenWillems1 an obvious fact isn't always correct. Just like the world's ignorance of the greatest sport. American football. We understand soccer better because we play basketball and hockey, those sports are basically a rules altered soccer like game. So we understand soccer better because of our familiarity with those sports. But the world has nothing like American football and is completely ignorant of the complexity and the elegance of the game. The world has nothing like it. Even rugby and Australian rules is closer to soccer than American football. There is literally no sport in the world like it. That's why American are more informed on the topic.

[@neildurbin]

This dude stands in front of elevators screaming and crying at everyone leaving, "Its called a lift! its called a lift!!!" 😂

[@PurushaDesa]

@@GD-tt6hl That's likely also a sign of its limited global appeal. If more populations were interested in the sport, the awareness of that etymology would be higher.

[@gbenny420]

Two things 1. The world needs more Natalie Portman 2. Was not expecting that rap at all when I watched it lol

[@nhk20]

Day drinking with Natalie Portman, when?!?

[@RobertMiller-bw5fh]

How about Jennifer Lawrence?

[@123benny4]

Do vegans even drink? That would be counter-productive to her lifestyle if you ask me. Day-drinking is such a stupid concept too.

[@NoFapTate]

Btw in your opinion guys which chick more likely allowed (or perhaps still allows if the latter still has segs since she divorced and given her age, jobs, kids etc) facials/chest shot and/or swallowed for him between Taylor Swift and Natalie Portman? Since Tay slept around and Natalie is a mom. Also in your opinion do the ladies eat garlic and onion occasionally?

[@crabkilla]

Natalie - intelligent, beautiful, graceful, well-poised, humble, and interesting. One in a billion woman in 2024.

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

🩷🩷

[@TOFKAS01]

Ask Sarah Lane about the "humble" part.....She has zero chemistry, full stop. Think about it: she’s been in films with lots of sexy actors - Hemsworth, Eric Banna, Vincent Cassel - and she has NO chemistry with any of them. Natalie has an amazingly beautiful face - it’s pretty much perfect - but your average shop mannequin has more sex appeal and charisma than she has.

[@NoFapTate]

Btw in your opinion guys which chick more likely allowed (or perhaps still allows if the latter still has segs since she divorced and given her age, jobs, kids etc) facials/chest shot and/or swallowed for him between Taylor Swift and Natalie Portman? Since Tay slept around and Natalie is a mom. Also in your opinion do the ladies eat garlic and onion occasionally?

[@neliusbresnan3766]

When she talks about working with Elmo at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="366">6:06</a> her voice softens. Because we all freakin' love Elmo because he represents our inner child. 💓

[@carter_lovejoy]

Working with any of the Muppets or Sesame Street characters would be the most absolute honor for any person. Not just celebrities, but just anyone overall. One of those once in a lifetime experiences you can’t miss out on.

[@user-es8wu7yy2k]

We love you Natalie!

[@chiefchimp2789]

"I wanna fu..." oh, it has to be Natalie that does it.

[@S1L3NTG4M3R]

Natalie's Rap(s) are so good!!!

[@ChristinaRicks144]

I love that Seth brought up the sixties era clothes. The era of love!

[@Lilah_Ninigigun_Belet-Eanna]

Natalie Portman, Jessica Alba and I are my idols and we are the same age. Was so jealous as I wanted to be an actress like them but lived in the most isolated city in the world with literally no opportunities. I live vicariously through them at 42 lol.

[@theeric]

Natalie Portman looks absolutely beautiful! Great actress & her SNL rap is iconic & legendary.

[@sideshowbobrobert]

saw 'leone - the professional' when it came out, this woman has done SO many amazing films, and she's a genuine intellect. much respect...

[@pdr5yo]

Everything you hear about Natalie is she is a good kind person.

[@jeffmccloud905]

Also very smart. She's coauthored a couple scientific papers.

[@jg2722]

Gorgeous and talented as ever

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

❤❤

[@Phoenix-nl2ut]

The way she says totally is so cute

[@topdogrlg]

She is so beautiful I can't 🥲

[@chamamemestre]

She is 43 now. She is still young, which is why she looks good. She was 18 in Star Wars.

[@phobos258]

healthy choices have a lot more to do with it than her being that age. There are 30 and 40-year-old women who look twice her age.

[@nighthiker]

​@@phobos258Privilege has a lot more to do with it, you mean. Most people, regardless of genre, don't even have access to these "healthy choices" you talk about, be it for financial reasons or simply lack of education. That's not a knock on her, it's not her fault we live in a pretty unequal society, but it's important to understand privilege is a thing.

[@keve4253]

her being vegan is why she looks good, people who are lifelong vegetarians/vegans are always looking younger

[@nighthiker]

@@keve4253 Not eally. It so happens that usually vegans have on average a higher social economic status, better healthcare and pair their diet with other lifestyle choices that help with their health, like regular exercise. Studies which control for such outside influences and properly isolate the effects of vegan, vegetarian and omnivorous diets find no significant difference on health indicators among the participants, all else being the same.

[@wyomingsioux]

⁠@@nighthikerit’s an excellent point that concurrent factors like socioeconomic status should be considered. That is not to say that a vegan lifestyle is not without benefits but a more balanced view is that it comes with potential risks as well. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10027313/

[@TheDroppedAnchor]

I sat in my dentist’s chair in Portland Oregon. Everybody was acting odd. I noted this to them. The assistants all looked at the dentist and he blurbed out very in-dentist-like “Natalie Portman was sitting in THAT chair two minutes ago!!!” I was a mature adult so I did not immediately sniff the seat.

[@ju4408]

...you just told him not to change his gloves like a good environmentalist, right?

[@HarmoneaSinn]

Jeez. I get why he'd be fangirling, but like... HIPAA compliance much? Lol

[@dielaughing73]

I love this story

[@3souris]

​@@ju4408No, he must secure the gloves he used to work on Natalie's mouth in a Zip-loc bag, and either store them in a safe or display them on a Dentistry Wall of Fame.

[@papwithanhatchet902]

My star crush is this woman.

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

👸🏻🌟🔥♥️🥰

[@0e0]

Natalie's Rap is the best

[@ringbling420]

Annihilation - easily one of her best granted she's done so much awesome work

[@NewMessage]

Creep factor aside, The Professional is a great flick.

[@BrazenNL]

TIL the movie title is different in the US. In Europe it's called Léon.

[@Dave1507]

@@BrazenNL In Germany it's called both: "Léon - der Profi" which means Léon the professional, or rather "the pro".

[@emu_warrior]

@@BrazenNL it's called Leon everywhere in the world except US because they are prudes

[@MidwestWind]

I liked that movie but that movie could never ever be made today. Probably for the better lol

[@embeddedude737]

Just wanted to hug her....really!

[@lashendawest7509]

We love natalie Portman and seth meyers

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

❤❤❤

[@bradleyfitzik2447]

Wow she is so cute 😍

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

🌟🥰🔥💥👸🏻🩷

[@Yuuu22meow]

I cannot believe that she’s a mom of such big kids. She's so classy and beautiful!

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

❤❤

[@bleedingeffect17]

Natalie Portman is so incredibly beautiful! 💚💙

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

👸🏻🌟🔥♥️🥰

[@nuschlerclark895]

I’m from Baltimore by The Brickyard (Orioles). It’s called “Bawlmore”.

[@Missjunebugfreak]

Still shocked she didn't get an Oscar nom for "May December". She was terrific in that.

[@PurushaDesa]

Tough year. Emma Stone and Lily Gladstone's work justifiably received most of the attention.

[@circle1c]

She is a special actress you stop and want to watch. Seems super smart. Chooses really good roles for herseelf.

[@BrandonGoble78]

Classy, talented, beautiful, intelligent, funny, charming--all that in one interview 👏🙏

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

❤❤

[@michellegault4122]

She's genuinely talented

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

🎉🩷👸🏻🌟🔥

[@albertodue9571]

My eternal crush

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

❤❤

[@ThizzRyuko]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="428">7:08</a> I grew up watching 4,5,6 and episode 1 happened when I was turning 12 🎉🎉🎉🎉. I will forever love my star wars.

[@user-me2hd7lt3j]

Can we all agree that the transitions are smooth and seamless?

[@elliotleonard6140]

She did the Star Wars prequels (which were a trilogy). I feel like she should do a 3rd Natalie's Rap. To make it a trilogy :)

[@Lynkk]

She looks great!

[@silverXnoise]

_Seth and Portman Go Day Drinking Using Ballmer Accents_ is something I didn’t know I desperately wanted until just now.

[@warlockCommitteeMeeting]

Been in love with her my whole life.

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

👸🏻🌟🩷🎉🔥👍

[@DNTXPCTMCH]

She looks the same as 20 years ago!I didn't know she was part of Bluey!

[@wallacerose8663]

She did the voiceover of a nature documentary that the Bluey characters watch, I think. Can't remember which episode she's in.

[@Laurenbeverly]

She’s gorgeous

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

🔥🌟👸🏻🩷🥰

[@petrastolle6798]

❤ her

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

❤

[@tonyrodriguez2943]

I love Natalie Portman 👠👠.

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

👸🏻🌟🎉🩷🥰🔥👍

[@staying_in_flight]

She's an awesome actress and so beautiful.

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

👸🏻🌟🔥🩷🥰

[@brianhester8918]

Shes so charming, always has. I wish I lived in Paris

[@sanzreub]

Sweet mercy! God, I love everything about this woman!!!!! 😍🥰😍🥰😍🥰

[@emhonu]

Before you guys got to the 25y anniv. part, I had to recheck the date SO many times because she looks the same as 2010. :)

[@franciscolaguna81]

Seth is fully a fan. I love this :)

[@SonnyFrisco]

I was 10 and loved Leon!

[@MrDeath1988]

Padme still beautiful after all these years lol

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

Yes🔥👸🏻🌟🩷🎉

[@willenholly]

In “Beautiful Girls”, her character said, “I’m gonna be hot.” Few people can see the future.

[@esc8engn]

two of my favorite celebrities ever. such pros, yet also reateable people i'd like to hang out with. realteable in some ways.

[@pallenda]

Natalie's rap on SNL is still awesome. Too bad it's censured

[@ahappyshow]

What is weird is there is more time between "The Phantom Menace" and today than there was between OG "Star Wars" (1977) and "The Phantom Menace." 😳😮

[@bubblesezblonde]

Nice interview Seth

[@morgletheoracle1987]

Was about to roast Seth with a correction but turns out I might be wrong? "Natalie Raps" is the title of the digital short as posted by the official SNL channel on KZbin, while the tracklist of the Lonely Island album "Incredibad" calls the song "Natalie's Rap". It will probably never be answered but I wonder what the title of the sketch was on the original writing of it.

[@sopheadutch6350]

OMG Seth, thank you for having Natalie♥ on!!! I love her and Angelina Jolie♥ (please have her on!)

[@epichaiku]

One of the greatest joys of my life was being named Natalie and in college when the Natalie rap came out. All my male friends who knew me best sang it to me, especially when I beat them all at poker. We all have kids now but occasionally one of my old bros will sing a few of Andy's lines. I am still a fun mix of terrifying and derpy.

[@beeggym666]

Natalie on seeing a random 12yo: "I bet you don't even know how to assemble a sniper rifle!"

[@lar9299]

She looks Miss Dior coded. So elegant and gorgeous. Love her

[@pizzazombie5209]

I just watched the clip of Seth and The Count. Turns out he was the first jackal. What an inspiration.

[@dana102083]

Oh yes..lets rewatch 😂😂😂😂

[@MrJBA79]

Love her work. She's a Hollywood treasure.

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

🩷🔥👸🏻🌟

[@alexis0_011]

I.miss her in the Walmart baby movie "WHERE THE HEART IS" ❤

[@raidonbay]

And now everyone search "SNL Natalie Raps"😂

[@JazzyJeffRealTalk]

Padme Amidala is still alive!!!

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

👸🏻🌟🔥♥️🥰

[@user-wr8gf4wx4s]

Skromna idealna kobieta i do tego wykształcona ❤❤❤❤

[@YesItsReallyKeith]

25 YEARS !!! WHAT !!! NO WAY !!! lol where did my life go !!! And why the hell does Nathalie look better and better while I am turning into a raisin !!!! Keep doing what you do Nathalie !!! WOW !!!!

[@David-yu5bz]

❤ Natalie chic, the black swan part two is in high fidelity demand🍿🎥 🎶🎉🌝

[@hyphernoob]

Jesus!!! Natalie, but how beautiful you are.

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

❤❤

[@macmanmpls]

Needs a Natalie's Rap 3.0 - 2024 Edition

[@TOFKAS01]

She is a little old for that now....

[@4SteveKombolis]

I love Portman Portman Portman Portman

[@hamsandwichson]

Damn, that walk out. She still stuns.

[@MistressOnyaCox]

❤❤❤❤Léon: The Professional 1994 BEST MOVIE EVER SHES AMAZING ❤❤❤

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

Star Wars best movie ever 🌟👸🏻🔥♥️🥰

[@RecoveryHacker]

My first and only celeb crush...next to Wally of course.

[@sianspherica]

Good God this woman is still so utterly gorgeous

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

🔥🌟🎉🩷👸🏻

[@tcarroll777]

Whoa when she walked out. Beautiful. Not gonna lie, I thought they meant was adaptation of the Raymond Chandler detective novel at first.

[@meurtri9312]

they cheered so loud for her we could not hear seth

[@waitfor0]

man i Clap to she is a star of star wars movie OMG still young and talented (more than your imagine)

[@natalieportmanfan1817]

👸🏻🔥🌟🎉🩷

[@C2C.]

Love this quick retrospective...

[@seaninness334]

Both rap segments she did are great. Natalie?! Yeah, what is it Karl?

[@TheYak242]

Natalie's Rap 3 please...

[@68corvette08]

Her outfit is very gorgeous.

[@Tatopotatoo]

I love her. Everyone at work keeps telling me to talk more or be a lot like them. It's just that I don't want to be like them. I like being quiet or having thoughts. Being introverted or extroverted is a choice and not a social norm. People like Natalie who are quiet and yet interesting are the subtle non-conforming bunch that I love ❤

[@aspacelex]

P is for Portman

[@auldthymer]

I saw what you did ;)

[@hermunkulus]

I never said I was a role model

[@dogtato]

just watched that episode of the podcast. it's a good podcast

[@JoeBurgettMusic]

Natalie somehow hasn't aged in like, over a decade. And I wanna know the secret. Lol

[@ordinarryalien]

She drinks 👶 blood. (No, I'm not serious. 🤭)

[@anselmocat]

Plastic surgery and Botox. Look at that forehead.

[@MidwestWind]

There’s a Vsauce on this. Hair, clothes and makeup can make you look decades apart

[@zbennalley]

She takes care of herself, drinks lots of water, works out, and lotion. I got a chance to meet her a year back, and she was one of the nicest people I've ever met who did not include celebrities just as a person.

[@phobos258]

It's amazing what eating healthy will do for you.

[@gregrice1354]

Thanks Seth. Natalie remains beautiful as ever. I loved the film The Professional with Jean Reno. How about a follow up, later life story with Reno, and maybe Jason Statham. I'm sure an American star would be unlikely to attempt such a sentimental re-casting, but the star power of those 3 all transcend the boundaries because their fan -bases are so huge. They could make a GREAT fun film! Just putting a seed of a film idea out there. Please go for it Natalie.

[@piyawattarasombut3011]

Natalie is beautiful.

[@blueshadow62]

Nat is Eastern Euro Israeli 🇮🇱 that’s why Adorable 🥰