Portman lets hair down
(China Daily)
2009-11-06 11:01
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Since her days as Queen Amidala in the Star Wars prequels, Natalie Portman has grown up, choosing edgy roles in film such as Closer and V For Vendetta. But in the new issue of V Magazine, the actress said she'd be getting revealing on screen like never before, in Darren Aronofsky's upcoming Black Swan.
"It's not raunchy - it's extreme," she said of a lesbian scene reportedly with co-star Mila Kunis in the 2010 drama.
Portman also has a sex scene - her first - in her next movie, December's Brothers, and she said the decision to go more intense with her roles has come with age.
"I was figuring out my own sexual identity, likes and dislikes and all that stuff, and it's weird to be doing stuff on film as you're figuring it out," the 28-year-old star said of her earlier, less racy work. "Also, being a sexual object when you're a kid is really uncomfortable. After (debuting in 1994's) The Professional, I was already getting creepy letters."
Still, Portman said her real life has had plenty of wild moments - just not ones that made it into the media.
"The formative time of my public image happened before there was Facebook, Twitter, all of these gossip sites. I had my drunken nights and dating a million people, but there wasn't that attention then," she said.
The actress also spent much of her time away from the limelight, attending college at Harvard - a choice that helped her be choosier with her career.
"Going to school was a great barrier to doing too much," she said. "I had one slot open every summer. That makes you really, really picky."
While her film choices may have taken a turn toward the dark side, Portman said her lighter role in the Star Wars films remains a learning experience.
"My acting was not exactly respected in those films," she noted. "But those are the moments when you want to prove yourself again. When people think I suck, it helps."