Posts tagged Natalie Portman
Super Bowl TV Spot For Marvel’s ‘Thor’ – Starring Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins & Natalie Portman
Feb 7th
By the beard of Zeus, by the surly beard of Mfrik, by the hammer of Thor – the Super Bowl TV Spot for Marvel’s ‘Thor’ has been released online. Marvel look like they’re going all out it with this flick, it looks immensely ambitious. The film features a bumper cast in Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo, Stellan Skarsgard, Jaimie Alexander, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Josh Dallas, Tadanobu Asano, Idris Elba, Clark Gregg and Colm Feore. Look out for the film in both 2D and 3D April 29th 2011 in the UK, and May 6th 2011 in the US.
Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment present the epic adventure, “Thor,” which spans the Marvel Universe from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is the mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth), a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth by his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins) and is forced to live among humans. A beautiful, young scientist, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), has a profound effect on Thor, as she ultimately becomes his first love. It’s while here on Earth that Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth. Thor is Directed by Kenneth Branagh.
New ‘Thor’ Images Featuring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman & Director Kenneth Branagh
Feb 6th
Dailyblam have scanned this one page spread from the latest issue of Premiere magazine featuring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, director Kenneth Branagh and a camp fire. Thor features a bumper cast in Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo, Stellan Skarsgard, Jaimie Alexander, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Josh Dallas, Tadanobu Asano, Idris Elba, Clark Gregg and Colm Feore. Look out for the film in both 2D and 3D April 29th 2011 in the UK, and May 6th 2011 in the US.
Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment present the epic adventure, “Thor,” which spans the Marvel Universe from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is the mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth), a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth by his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins) and is forced to live among humans. A beautiful, young scientist, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), has a profound effect on Thor, as she ultimately becomes his first love. It’s while here on Earth that Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth. Thor is Directed by Kenneth Branagh.
Natalie Portman Interview For The Fantastic ‘Black Swan’
Jan 21st
I recently had the opportunity to talk to Natalie Portman about her unforgettable performance in Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan. Much like Nina – the character she portrays – you can really tell she threw everything into this role. If I was a betting man (I’m usually a terrible betting man) I’d put my money on her taking home that faceless gold man come Oscar night. Black Swan is out in cinemas NOW. Check out what Portman had to say about the film below.
Can you talk a little about how Darren Aronofsky approached the film and how far he pushed you as a director?
Natalie Portman: Darren is a really, really exacting director. It was really wonderful to get to watch him work. He’s phenomenal, we were really the only ones who were there every day. I got to see him work with the different actors who came in and out and see how he tailored his approach with every actor, which was really incredible to see. I think we had an early recognition that we were equally military about our approach to work, that we’d be really focused and disciplined. It was a really quick, almost telepathic, reaction between us.
He also gave me one of the greatest gifts that any director has ever given me, which is after we’d try everything that we wanted to do he’d give me ten different ways to attack a scene, he would then say “OK, now do this one for yourself”. A lot of director’s say “this one’s a freebie” or “this is a free take”, but to just put it in those words gave me such a different understanding, for myself and also for the character. I learned that artistry has to do with pleasing yourself, not with pleasing someone else. Nina’s key to becoming an artist is finding pleasure herself, not trying to just please her mother or Thomas Leroy. So, I was sort of stepping out of that whole world of being a child and becoming a woman.
In-Depth Interview With Darren Aronofsky For ‘Black Swan’ – Starring Natalie Portman
Jan 17th
With the release of Black Swan in UK cinemas this Friday, and Natalie Portman securing the best actress award for her role as Nina at last night’s Golden Globes, what better time to unveil this interview with Darren Aronofsky. I’m pretty sure I’ve gushed over this film enough by now. All you need to know is that it’s engrossing, beautifully twisted and wholly fantabulous! Aronofsky’s been the man behind some of my favourite films of the last twelve years in The Wrestler, The Fountain, Requiem for a Dream and Pi. Check out what he had to say about the film below. Natalie Portman interview coming up in the next few days.
When did you first embark on Black Swan? Where did the idea come from?
Darren Aronofsky: My sister was a dancer growing up and she was very into ballet. It wasn’t really anything that I understood. But as I got older, I was thinking about worlds to set films in and I thought ballet could be an interesting world to explore. In addition, I was very interested in Dostoevsky’s ‘The Double’, which is a story about a guy who wakes up and his double is there, and the double starts to replace his life. Then I went to see a production of Swan Lake, which I thought was just a bunch of girls in tutus. I didn’t know what it was. But when I saw that there was a Black Swan and a White Swan, played by one dancer, and it was kind of a Eureka moment, it was like ‘oh wow, a double…’ So then it started to come together…
How long ago?
Darren Aronofsky: I met with Natalie eight or nine years ago. We met in Times Square and had a coffee and I had this idea for something set in the ballet world. It was slowly evolving over the years and it finally came together after The Wrestler. I was working on it with Mark (Heyman, screenwriter) and it was a very hard script to finish because understanding the ballet world was really complicated.
Was your sister hoping to become a professional dancer?
Darren Aronofsky: Well Patti got pretty far and she went to a professional ballet school, all the way through high school. And then once she got out of high school, she stopped. She realised that it wasn’t for her and now she does other stuff.
Did you have complete artistic freedom doing this film?
Darren Aronofsky: Fox Searchlight is very collaborative. They’ll argue with you but they basically trust their directors in general, or at least with me they did and they were very generous. The artistic freedom was controlled by the limitation of money and time.
The Likes Of Eva Green, Naomi Watts & Anne Hathaway Up For Two Lead Actress Roles In ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
Jan 12th
Through an anonymous source the good people over at Collider have reported that Eva Green and Naomi Watts have been cast in The Dark Knight Rises. The source doesn’t know which roles they’re playing, but believes they’ve been cast as Talia al Ghul and Vicki Vale, respectively. Talia al Ghul is the daughter of Ra’s al Ghul (played by Liam Neeson in Batman Begins) and Vicky Vale is a reporter who’s seemingly a love interest role.
In another Dark Knight Rises report Heat Vision’s sources tell the site that Keira Knightley, Anne Hathaway, Kate Mara, Charlotte Riley, Jessica Biel and possibly Gemma Arterton are due to test for roles in the Warner Bros superhero tentpole in the next two weeks. They also claim that Eva Green and Naomi Watts have not been cast in the film.
From these reports it looks like The Dark Knight Rises needs to fill two big female roles, a villain and a love interest. Both site’s are highly respected and reputable site’s so I’d pretty much guaranteed two of the names previously mentioned being in the film. It pretty much looks like for certain Talia al Ghul will be in the film.
The Dark Knight Rises has a release date of June 20th 2012 and stars Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Tom Hardy.
French Poster For Marvel’s ‘Thor’ – Starring Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins & Natalie Portman
Jan 11th
GEEKGASM ALERT: This new French poster for Marvel’s ‘Thor’ has made it’s way online, I’m sure producing a fit of intense geekly joy across the internet! I’m happy to say I really dig it, it looks suitably epic and badass. The film features a bumper cast in Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo, Stellan Skarsgard, Jaimie Alexander, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Josh Dallas, Tadanobu Asano, Idris Elba, Clark Gregg and Colm Feore. ‘Thor’ is set for release April 29th 2011 in the UK, and May 6th 2011 in the US.
Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment present the epic adventure, “Thor,” which spans the Marvel Universe from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is the mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth), a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth by his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins) and is forced to live among humans. A beautiful, young scientist, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), has a profound effect on Thor, as she ultimately becomes his first love. It’s while here on Earth that Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth. Thor is Directed by Kenneth Branagh.