Natalie Portman

Natalie Portman became the heroine of the new issue of Variety magazine – she starred in a photo shoot for the publication and gave a wonderful interview, talking about shooting in the Marvel movie. “Thor: Love and Thunder” is directed by Taika Waititi and recalls his other film work.

Portman’s appearance in promotional materials for the movie “Thor: Love and Thunder” surprised fans: many assumed that the 41-year-old star’s unexpectedly muscular figure was the result of computer graphics. However, Portman disperses the rumors: In an interview for Variety, she talked about how she prepared for the role.

– says the actress, comparing the preparation “toru” to the filmed drama 2010 with “Black Swan”where she played a ballerina.

Natalie Portman in the movie “Thor: Love and Thunder”

According to Portman, these roles have one thing in common:

For the Marvel project, Natalie worked with a trainer for more than 10 months, building muscle mass, especially in her shoulders and arms. What was manipulated on set was Portman’s height. Recall that the actress is about 1 meter 60 centimeters tall, and her partner in the movie, Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor, is 1 meter 90 centimeters. In order to visually correct the difference between the actors at least a little, the site staff sometimes had to resort to various tricks, in particular, to build special bridges, on which the taller colleagues of the actress passed.

Natalie Portman and Chris Hemsworth in the movie “Thor: Love and Thunder”

Previously, the heroine Portman Jane Foster, the ex-girlfriend of the protagonist, has already appeared in films. “Thor” (2011) and “Thor 2: The Dark World” (2013), but his role was small. Now Jane is committed to much more screen time.

According to the actress, her children are very pleased with her participation in Marvel projects – daughter Amalia and son Aleph:

The fact that “Thor 2: The Dark World” was called the worst Marvel movie, many critics did not stop Natalie from accepting the offer to play Taika Waititi in the film. He says his first movie was a 1994 movie. “Leon” is now a cult, once the press enthusiastically admitted:

Natalie did not specify which episode “Star Wars” she meant, but journalists suggested that we are talking about the 1999 tape. “Part I: The Phantom Menace” with her participation – the film received truly devastating reviews and received rather low ratings from the audience.