Sometimes the appearance of the actors does not coincide with their fictional characters in the movie, and then professional make-up artists come to the rescue. However, some actors, in order to fully get used to the role, take radical measures, not being afraid of reproaches from fans. One of the most daring actresses in world cinema is Natalie Portman.
Actress childhood
The first years of Natalie Portman passed in Jerusalem. There the girl lived with her parents. Her mother was a housewife, and her father was a professor of medicine in the field of obstetrics and gynecology. Having the opportunity to improve his medical qualifications, his father and his family moved to America. At first they lived in Washington, then moved to Long Island. There, Natalie graduated from high school and enrolled in the Department of Psychology at Harvard, one of the best universities in the United States.
From childhood, Natalie Portman had artistic inclinations, and her parents took her to a dance club. There was a time when she not only performed, but also toured the nearest cities with the troupe.
Start a movie career
Portman's acting career began at the theater camp, where the girl spent all her vacations. At ten years old, she already played a role in a serious play about a girl who wanted to commit a murder.
The film debut took place when Natalie was thirteen years old. The cult director Luke Besson approved her for the main role in the film "Leon", where she was supposed to play in tandem with Jean Renault, and the film, I must say, received positive reviews from colleagues and international critics.
The next few years were successful in terms of film career development. Several films with the participation of Natalie Portman appeared on the screens at once: "Fight", "Beautiful Girls", "Mars Attacks!" and "Everybody says that I love you."
Nominations and awards
The most vague picture in the movie career of Natalie Portman was Star Wars. Despite the fact that the film is among the ten highest-grossing films of world cinema, the opinions of film industry professionals diverged. Star Wars was nominated for the prestigious Oscar in the field of special effects and technical implementation. At the same time, Natalie and her screen partner got into the list of Golden Raspberry nominees as the worst movie pair. Note that in the list of nominations for the actress there are such awards as Golden Globe and Young Actor.
Sensational movie
The list of films in which Natalie Portman took part is impressive. She had to incarnate in romantic heroines, strong women, even in the cosmic queen. But most viewers remember bald-headed Natalie Portman.
The plot of the film shows a certain alternative future, where the heroes are fighting the totalitarian regime, deciding by their own methods to eradicate the evil and corruption in which Britain was mired with the advent of a certain fascist organization. The film is based on a series of comics, but with certain adjustments to compose a script for the film. When the film was released on large screens, a search engine query about which movie Natalie Portman was bald in was breaking all records.
Bold actions of Portman
Film critics and directors are always happy to cooperate with such an actress as Portman, since she boldly takes on any experiments necessary for a high-quality image transfer. Among the crazy things, Natalie herself refers, for example, smoking cigarettes in the frame during the filming of the film "Leon".
The difficulties that arose during the filming of Star Wars, according to the actress herself, made her resistant. The costumes of the space queen weighed more than a dozen pounds. It was very difficult to work in them, since the site was suffocating heat.
The actress also tried herself as a stripper. For her, it was a very educational experience. Since in real life Natalie never faced this kind of occupation, before the shooting, the actress and the director visited one of these institutions in order to better understand the image and get used to the role as reliably as possible.
The film, where Natalie Portman is bald, is on the list of the best films of the decade. The heroine of Portman, according to the plot of the film, was arrested, as she was accused of acting against the government. The most interesting thing is that the shaving was carried out directly in the frame, and the director had to shoot the scene from the first take, which was done with the greatest art. The actress herself did not spare about hair loss and joked that now, finally, she would no longer be confused with British actress Keira Knightley. Despite the fact that the photo of the bald Natalie Portman very often flashed in the media, she was hardly recognized on the streets. Once she even aroused the suspicion of the police. New York law enforcement officers stopped a woman of dubious appearance to check the documents, which turned out to be bald Natalie Portman. In what movie she played, no one knew.
