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Natalie Portman Joins David Gordon Green's Your Highness

by Alex Billington
May 29, 2009
Source: HitFix

Now this is great news! One of my favorite actresses, Natalie Portman, has joined the cast as the female lead in David Gordon Green's Your Highness. As a reminder, for those who may have forgotten, Your Highness is a medieval fantasy comedy starring Danny McBride and James Franco about a pot-smoking prince who is tasked with protecting his kingdom from mythical beasts, but who would really rather just hang out doing bong hits. This news was first announced by HitFix today and later confirmed by Variety. Gordon Green is currently scouting locations and preparing to shoot in Belfast, Ireland starting in July.

McBride will play the "arrogant lazy prince," while Franco will play his brother. Portman will play a warrior princess that the lazy prince falls in love with. In our interview with Gordon Green last year, he explained that it was "about a prince that smokes weed and fights dragons." And as for the mythical creatures, they won't be CGI. "There's a lot of creatures. No CG, like Ray Harryhausen. Stop motion stuff and then a lot of puppets and things." Word is that Land of the Lost director Brad Silberling and Guillermo del Toro have been working with Green to show him how they approach shooting special effects. And that Green and McBride are referencing films like Krull, Clash of the Titans and Yor: The Hunter from the Future.

McBride co-wrote the script with "Eastbound & Down" actor and writer Ben Best. While Franco was quite funny in David Gordon Green's Pineapple Express, apparently the cast for Your Highness is supposed to be full of fairly dramatic actors except for Danny McBride. "We talked a bit about how Green's casting the film, and it sounds like Green wants to use 'serious' actors to fill out the world, with Danny being the one overtly comic character in the film." We're still missing casting on a few major roles in Your Highness, but I expect those to be announced soon. This is a project I can't wait to see or hear more from! Sound awesome?

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CLAW

Anything with Portman is watchable.
http://vimeo.com/user1764245 Nick Sears

I can totally picture this! Sounds hilarious! Having serious actors do comedy is even better! More tongue and cheek rather than being obvious with the comedy. Bring it!!
Tristan

Whenever I think of Portman I know that all I want is for her to be in a stoner comedy and not some dramatic film where she can show of her acting skills. My prayers have been answered.
provemewrong

Sounds cool, though I'd still like to see her and Gordon tackle 'Suspiria'.
Devon Shaw

Natalie Portman's presence is always welcome but this movie is going to be a trainwreck of epic proportions.
cody

5 your wrong this movie is going to be fucking hilarious, you most likely just dont have the sense of humor for it...guarantee you all stoners will go see this.
Nikhil Hariharan

#1: I agree, id watch anything with Natalie Portman. #3: lol, i have always been imagining her to be in a big stoner comedy film too...
Marcus

I think Natalie's MakingOf website is looking pretty cool. Coincidentally David Gordon Green is on the front page of her site today? conundrum! check it out http://www.makingof.com
SS

Hopefully this will be a return to when Fantasy was about fun, swashbuckling, anachronistic comedy, and derring-do.. and not the usual sad, epic, slow-mo, near-black-and-white style Jackson started in LOTR.
Conrad

This is going to be gooooood!!!! Love Natalie Portman - there's no one quite like her!
bozoconnors

Smokes weed and fights dragons huh... hmm. I would have called it Dragonbong Z. Also, how is it possible that Ms. Portman just KEEPS.... GETTING.... HOTTER.
http://www.goldenrule.com Insurance medical

I have always like this actresses films. I think that she is really underrated as an actress.