Natalie Portman, a beautiful perfect monster Unit current cinema has gone from child actor to a courageous performer. Now he competes for an Oscar for
The Black Swan. Miguel Cane
When Natalie Portman (born in Tel Aviv in 1981, but naturalized American since childhood) made his debut at age twelve in the film by Luc Besson
The Professional not really thought it would become a adult actress with an impressive - and Oscar-nominated work in the sexual melodrama
Closer (Mike Nichols). Since that time (and maybe earlier) came to compare some of Audrey Hepburn, but with immediate modesty, she refused the title. The truth is that despite the girl's appearance fresh, youthful and fun, Natalie has proven to be a lot more substance than usual at a young age and it is now apparent in her fearless performance as Nina Sayers, prima ballerina of the ballet New York, on the eve of the release of
Swan Lake Tchaikovsky suffers a spectacular nervous breakdown (or something much worse) in the acclaimed film by Darren Aronofsky
The Black Swan, even by what is now a candidate for the coveted statuette on the line for Best Actress, for the first time in two decades that an actor chooses to award a psychological horror film from consecutive wins Kahya Bates (Misery by
, 1990) and Jodie Foster (for
The Silence of the Lambs in 1991).
What attracted you to a project like this, so unlike any you made?
First, the proposal for Darren. I was very flattered that I personally look to the project, a couple of years. After we talked, he sent me the script that he had rewritten, and thinking of me and I was completely captivated by the characters of Nina and Lily, the dancers, I never played a role as Nina. It is very difficult to write roles for women so emotional complexity. In this case, while preparing the character, it was amazing to discover how the world of ballet, so competitive, fierce ... (Hesitates) yes, fierce, it can be.
in Hollywood Is it hard to get this kind of female roles that have substance? is not easy, and is much more difficult to have two roles of its kind in the same film. The two dancers are unique, although opposite representations of the same psyche, somehow. It is very rare to find this in the cinema. Moreover, it is logical, since most viewers tend to be men, and many productions are made for a specific audience. I want to be like Susan Sarandon and Meryl Streep, who I know at any age, be an actress who can play any role. Right now I am young and that helps me, but I know there must be something more than my appearance to endorse my work.
However, this role led you to end you had not explored in your career before. Right. Look, Nina is a very dedicated and hard working dancer, but is also obsessive-compulsive. Yet has its own personality as a dancer or a woman, her mother has been charged with stunt maturity into something that is not, but while looking for their sexuality and sense of freedom, its character is changing gradually. At the same time, begins to crumble, and that meant a challenge. Nina what his life obsessively looking for absolute perfection of his art, which is something that can exist only for a moment, a brief and fleeting moment, but like all artists, you can get to self-destruct so to achieve it. When trying to become the Black Swan, something dark begins to boil inside. That becomes a crisis of identity that it is not only not sure who but what it is, the boundaries between her and the rest of the world become blurred. Nina begins to be seen literally everywhere. It's amazing. When Nina starts to rebel against the structures that surround it appears all that paranoia that carries a dark place where not sure what people want from it and whether it is losing or not the head.
What was the immersion into the world of dance?
I really like the authenticity that is sought for all the details, all very realistic, the world of dance there in the script, and I especially drew parallels the history of Nina Lake of swans. I saw her as someone who really tried to get rid of a spell, trying to get rid of anyone who would like to say who he was and trying to see through all this who he really was as a person and artist. It was an experience that fascinated me as a physical discipline to gain respect.
Was very rigorous physical and psychological preparation for this character?
many exercises I dance and I swam a lot and cross training to avoid injury, because the dance is tremendously hard for the body. Requires great effort to return the ballet at 28 years of age. Even if you taken dance classes before, you're not really aware of all that hard to get an elite level. Every little gesture has to be very focused and full of finesse and elegance. I knew it was going to be challenging, but never really suspected what was going to be hard physically. I had a rib injury and had to suffer for almost half of shooting. But it is hard to complain when you see the professional dancers do not stop dancing. Constantly dancing with very serious injuries such as ankle sprains. They're used to dancing with pain. I love the dance and thought it would be fun having to dance for my job. I had no idea how tiring it was to be. It was not fun, no. For nothing. It was fascinating and exciting, but fun, nothing.
addition to studying dance in your childhood, studied psychology at Harvard, does that you provided a framework for further reference about the mental disintegration of Nina? In a way, even if Nina is very serious, very special. I saw Nina as if trapped in a cycle of obsession and compulsion. The positive side for the artists and dancers is that concentrating on such a degree you can become a virtuoso, but then there is a much darker side, one side insane, where you can find complete lost. From there I had to leave to play Nina. It was not easy, is a character with many turns and twists. It's almost a perfect monster.
How would you define their relationship Nina and Lily in the film? I like the way they evaluate each other when they meet for the first time, some girls do regularly. This is a survival mechanism, we must find out who is your ultimate competitor, and in this case, Nina sees immediately that Lily is great, he has talent and is a major threat to their position in the company. But also, Nina still do not know who Lily really. Mila did a incredible job and we were together a long time. Darren was careful to sostuviésemos dynamics of camaraderie rather than competition during filming, to create the atmosphere he wanted. When we finished filming, it was very good to get to know and sympathize with her.
've been acting since a young age. How do you keep your feet on earth, with a background as important, the harassment of the press, have been nominated for an Oscar, in a world obsessed with celebrity's private life? I have a family and good friends that I say yes to everything. I notice when I'm going through, when they are not agree. They help me keep my feet firmly on the ground and remember that bad I though I live in the real world (smiles). I think that the lives of the actors should be even more private. Only in this way, without the public has a preconceived idea of \u200b\u200bus, how we are, we can keep creating characters to play and be credible on screen. I would not want to see a movie, say it, someone said, "Oh, look, it's Natalie Portman as Nina Ballerina." No. What I want is to see me on screen and forget about me believe that I am Nina . That's my goal. That's what I crave. I think that's what all actors should do.
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