Academy Award winner Natalie Portman’s talent goes as far back as ‘94 when she first debuted in the film Léon alongside the veteran actor and highly versatile Jean Reno. The film put her on Hollywood’s radar and she became the leading actress during the 2000s. She has had experience with almost every genre that’s available to actors and has given out remarkable performances with her versatile acting capabilities.
The No Strings Attached actor may just look young enough for romance flicks, but her strong suit has always been fantasy-based roles. She even has Star Wars in her portfolio and working with seasoned and talented actors like Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor, she has learned everything there is to learn.
Léon (1994)
Although the 42-year-old actor has always been vocal about her respect and why she inhibits doing highly “sexualized” roles for the sake of her pure acting skills, she hasn’t had much luck in keeping away from uncomfortable moments and questions.
Natalie Portman Was Shocked With This “Absurd” Question
The question that disturbed Natalie Portman while she was on the most controversial comedy talk show that gets awkward and uncomfortable with each question, was asked by the host himself.
It had only been 4 years since her dystopian concept film V for Vendetta was released back in 2005, the very famous Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover) invited her to his much-celebrated show ‘Between Two Ferns’ written by himself and Scott Aukerman, only to make her “speechless” by asking her –
“You shaved your head in ‘V for Vendetta,’ did you also shave your V for vag*na?”
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There could be no appropriate reason why he asked such a question to her, but there is one thing for sure. He regretted it, big time!
In an interview with USA Today, he shared how unpleasant that joke was –
“I thought that that question was too much. I actually asked them to edit that out.”
It looks like Galifianakis was hesitant in asking such a personal and “gross” question, but shared that his co-writer Aukerman was adamant about it.
Natalie Portman On Her Experience With Shaving Her Head
V for Vendetta showed how the world would look with corrupt and totalitarian powers at play, and Natalie Portman didn’t want to leave anything to chance with this film. Making a drastic move such as completely shaving one’s head can be extremely challenging and scary, but not for her!
The character V, played by the phenomenal Hugo Weaving was shown as the revolutionary who was willing to stand against such powers. Natalie Portman’s Evey comes into contact with him and learns that she can’t surrender and must fight with him.
She spoke in an interview with CBR –
“I think it’s because she is this passive character, which is like the ‘everyman,’ who’s just sort of like, ‘The government’s pretty horrible, but I’m just gonna try and keep my head down, and go on with my life.’ and she gets swept up into this by accident, and then slowly learns that she has to do something. So, it’s a really exciting arc.”
Her most recent film May December got released back in May and is available for streaming on Netflix.
Source: USA Today
