Tampa Electric provides retail electric service to over 600,000 customers in western central Florida and through its Peoples Gas division distributes and markets natural gas to approximately 281,000 customers throughout the state.
George Lucas, Rick McCallum, and casting director Robin Gurland auditioned over 200 actresses for the part of PadmÃ© Amidala. [11] They chose 16-year-old actress Natalie Portman to play the role. According to The Phantom Menace production notes, The role required a young woman who could be believable as the ruler of that planet, but at the same time be vulnerable and open.
J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, had Coltrane at the top of her list to play Hagrid and, when asked whom she would like to see in the role, responded Robbie Coltrane for Hagrid in one quick breath. There is also an unnamed 8ft actor who stands in for the 6ft 1in Coltrane in some scenes.