Natalie Portman's 5-year-old boy, Aleph, with husband Benjamin Millepied, is a "Star Wars" fan. But the celebrity mom has not yet allowed her son to watch the "Star Wars" prequels, where she plays Queen Padmé Amidala. Her reasons are actually quite valid.
Natalie Portman reveals in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel that Aleph knows her mom is in some of the earlier "Star Wars" movies. The actress did these films from 1998 to 2004, in her teens and early 20s, and she admitted that at the time, she thought being on "Star Wars" would be a cool thing to show her children one day.
However, she still hasn't let Aleph watch the "Star Wars" prequels because she realized she died in the movie. "So I feel like it's kind of a scary thing to show your kid," said the actress, via Hit Fix. Her 5-year-old son might not be able to process seeing his mother die, even if it's for work. Watch Natalie Portman talk about "Star Wars" and her son in the video below.
Natalie Portman went into semi-retirement when she had Aleph in 2011. She and Benjamin chose to raise their son in France, where her husband is from. A Hollywood A-lister, Portman gets to experience a domesticated life with her growing family in another country.
"When I'm not working, I'm pretty much exclusively with my family, so my rituals have to do with school, meal preparation, playdates, bedtime," the actress recently told New York Times. She actually relishes in doing the laundry and has learned to sleep with "Harry Potter" music playing in the background.
Natalie Portman, who has a degree in Harvard, is prioritizing motherhood as her young son develops and she doesn't seem to want to hurry his growing up years. "Time goes exponentially fast as a parent," the actress reflects with a hint of dread about the realities of getting old, per People.
