Apparently...but I’d say that those two in the Star Wars prequel were least convincing, period - not just when it came to the on screen romance. For a long anticipated, big name movie it had some atrocious acting (Yoda and Obi Wan being exceptions).
Agree with you on Yoda's 'acting.'
Sort of pathetic when 'top actor' goes to a computer-generated animation (though Frank Oz did a decent job on the voice).
Ian McDarmid (spelling?) was more convincing as Emperor (even in Episode 3) than he was as Senator and Chancellor.
The word "putrid" comes to mind. It's almost as though the casting and screenplay were deliberately crafted with MST3K in mind.
For a while there, I was annoyed that Lucas was abandoning the final trilogy. Since viewing the Anakin/Padme cringe-fest, I no longer question his decision.