Fatherly.com interviews Natalie Portman on her return to Thor, her new children’s book Natalie Portman’s Fables, and what Star Wars films her children have watched.
Now, I would be remiss if I didn’t ask you about Thor. I assume you’re going to tell you every plot twist?
I can’t tell you that much. I’m really excited. I’m starting to train, to get muscles. If there can be all these female superheroes, the more of them they are, the better it is. I’m trying to think — it’s based on the graphic novel of the Mighty Thor. She’s going through cancer treatment and is a superhero on the side.
You’ve got the cool mom thing covered since you were also in Star Wars. How do you look back on those films?
It’s so fun to be part of something that kids relate to so much. I haven’t shown my kids the movies yet — I think it’s so weird for them to think of me as anything other than their mom. They’ve seen the recent Star Wars movies that I am not in — my son has, my daughter, is too young. It feels really lucky to be part of something that’s every child’s imaginary world. It’s very exciting to be able to impress my kids a little bit.
Read the full interview here, and Portman’s children’s book Natalie Portman’s Fables is out on October 20th and available to pre-order now from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
