Natalie Portman is considered one of the most successful, talented and beautiful actresses in Hollywood. However, reaching that point in her career has brought her several traumas, pains and fears that she rarely talks about.
This time, the 39-year-old actress revealed one of the most difficult stages of her entire career, that of her beginnings and her participation in the film "Léon: The Professional", where she played little Mathilda, a girl who was orphaned. and found refuge with a hitman.
It was in an interview with director and actor Dax Shephard, titled "Armchair Expert", that Natalie Portman revealed the terror she felt after playing this character because she was aware of how "s--alized" she had been presented and how this could influence her future.
In fact, Portman herself claimed that having played this character during her pre-adolescence caused her to feel insecure about her s----lity and try to deny any development of it. "She took it (s---) from me, I became afraid," she declared.
Portman was barely eleven years old when she managed to participate in the film with already successful actors Jean Reno and Gary Oldman. Belonging to a project directed by Luc Besson would undoubtedly be a great launch for her career. However, it had to be at the expense of a character she represented, in a way "a Lolita type of figure."
"Having been s- as a child, I think it distanced me from my own s-, because it terrified me. I thought the best way to be safe was to say that I was conservative, that I was serious, that they should respect me, that I was intelligent, that I wasn't "They had to look at me that way," said the protagonist of "V for Vendetta," who also discovered at that time that many adults made inappropriate offers and advances to her.
"At those ages, you have your own s-, you have your own desires, you want to experience things, be open. But I didn't feel safe, exactly, when there are older men interested in you and you have to say: 'No, no, no, No'".
After the uncomfortable moments she felt after the movie "Léon", Natalie Portman decided that her career would continue with characters that had nothing to do with her body, kisses or romance. For that reason, she preferred action or adventure films where she did not have to explore her sensuality.
"People had the impression that she was very serious and conservative," she revealed, ensuring that in reality what she was trying to do was show herself that way to people so that they would not disrespect her or see her as a simple object.
26 years have passed since the premiere of "Léon" and Natalie Portman has managed to maintain her career without the need to s- herself, getting roles in all kinds of genres, from action, superheroes and dramas like the one that gave her the Oscar for Best Actress. , "The Black Swan."
