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"I recently read a gossip piece wherein Natalie Portman said that we'd never dated," he wrote. "This confused me, as we did, in fact, date. "And after briefly dating in 1999 we remained friends ...

Natalie Portman started her acting career as a preteen ... When she filmed her breakout role as Padmé Amidala in 1999's Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, she was only 16.