Natalie Portman will be shaved for a role!!
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Topic: Natalie Portman will be shaved for a role!!
Posted By: Franperez
Subject: Natalie Portman will be shaved for a role!!
Date Posted: March 05 2005 at 12:29pm
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"V for Vendetta" press conference.... Q to Natalie Portman: Evey goes through a very tough time, she is put in jail and subjected to torture, I was wondering how much of a method actress are you; will you be losing weight and shaving your head for the role? NATALIE PORTMAN: I will be shaving my head and losing weight… not to a self endangering point, but I won’t be getting tortured at home. I will be going through a physical transformation. Q to Natalie Portman: How do you feel about being shaven headed for the role; are you a bit apprehensive about that? NATALIE PORTMAN: I’m really excited about it, I have been wanting to do it for a while and now I have a reason to do it for work, so that’s exciting. See more at http://vforvendetta.warnerbros.com/ - http://vforvendetta.warnerbros.com/ |
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Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: March 05 2005 at 1:11pm
Sweet!!!!!!!!!!  I can't wait to see her bald, I hope they show it in the movie.  When does she start filming? I'm surprised thety don't have her wear a skin cap like others have done, although she did say she wants to shave it so I guess I answered my own question on that part.
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Franperez wrote:Posted By: Franperez
Date Posted: March 05 2005 at 1:23pm
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The film starts filming on this month,now!! ------------- |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: March 05 2005 at 1:42pm
| Thanks, I will keep a look out for Natalie bald. |
Posted By: Camille83
Date Posted: March 05 2005 at 5:13pm
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REALLY STUPID MOVE ------------- |
Posted By: ssjockey
Date Posted: March 05 2005 at 5:26pm
Why? Granted the look will be severe, but I'm sure it will grow right after filming is done. I doubt we will see much of the bald head outside of the movie. She wants to do it for a movie roll, hair grows back, why is it stupid? |
Posted By: Skzz
Date Posted: March 05 2005 at 5:51pm
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I dunno about the shaven head, but I think Natalie will look absolutely beautiful with short hair. I can't wait to see it. ------------- |
Posted By: Rod
Date Posted: March 05 2005 at 7:49pm
Why? Because she'll look less attractive to some people? It's clearly a good move for her career, since it's essential to a role she wants to play. It's unlikely it will hinder her in getting future roles. By the time she'll do her next movie, it will grow out. Keira Knightly cut her hair short for a role and she has her next two movies lined up. It's not hindering her. If someone is right for the role or is a box office draw and won't shave her head, they won't drop her. On the other hand, Ms. Portman's willingness to do this will likely get her more roles. Directors and producers love it when actors are willing to go the extra mile for a role. They're committed to the movie. They notice and will remember when casting in the future. Actors who aren't willing to do that get roles, but all things being equal, the directors and producers would choose actors like Ms. Portman. Ms. Portman wants to do it. She's young and wants to experiment. When you're young is the time to do it. Maybe she will be less attractive. Maybe she'll hate it. Neither of those are reasons not to shave her head. ------------- |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: March 05 2005 at 8:27pm
| Yeah, maybe, but some of these people writing here actually are excited about seeing her bald, as if she's going to look better than she does with longer hair. I don't want to speak for "stupid move" guy, but theat might be what he's talking about. Alanis cut her hair off for the heck of it. That was a stupid move in my opinion, but because her hair was gorgeous and her new look is inferior, in my opinion. And please don't tell me the haircut hasn't hurt Alanis' career. I don't know if it has or it hasn't, but she is not longer a longhair icon. I will always think that was a stupid decision. |
Posted By: Rod
Date Posted: March 05 2005 at 10:53pm
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Some people think bald is better than longer hair. Shouldn't they be excited about her shaving her head? What looks good is a matter of taste. No one's taste is any better than anyone else's taste. While Alanis' new look was inferior in your opinion, it wasn't inferior to the only person who mattered, Alanis. She expressed affection for it. She is no longer a long hair icon. To some people that's important. Her cutting her hair was stupid when it comes to pleasing you. I don't think she cares about that. Say "I'm disappointed she cut her hair," or "she's no longer attractive," or "she's no longer a long hair icon," but the haircuts aren't stupid moves. It's not about any of us. ------------- |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: March 05 2005 at 11:14pm
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I think it is really brave for her to do that. And you gotta respect her decision. I mean, how many women would sacrifice ALL her hair for a movie? Some women wouldn't even cut their hair for a movie (they would just wear wigs). For Natalie who has such beautiful hair to shave her head for art I just gotta tip my hat off to her. |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: March 06 2005 at 12:17am
| If I did my math correctly, it means she'll be sporting a bald head while she's on the Star Wars press docett. |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: March 06 2005 at 1:06am
She'll probably be sporting a wig if thats the case |
Posted By: lovebobs
Date Posted: March 06 2005 at 2:00am
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thats cool mandy moore also said she would love to have her head shaved ------------- Long with BLUNT bangs or ALL cut to lip length, I cant decide my favorite! |
Posted By: Kuroneko
Date Posted: March 06 2005 at 5:13am
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At least it's good to hear she wants to do it and is excited about it. That's much better than a woman being forced into it and hating every minute. But she's playing a prisoner, so she'll spend the movie looking tortured, emaciated and miserable, which isn't very sexy. The people who dig bald girls will have to hope she shows up with it in public or on talk shows if they wanna see it looking good. ------------- More awesome than a manatee! |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: March 06 2005 at 5:26am
Kinda of ironic if that does happen seeing Lucas made THX. In all serious though. Sure its exciting and fun to try new stlyes even a shaved head for Natalie Portman and others, in the context of a movie about being a prisoner and tortured. I wonder though if she'd or anyone else for that matter would be just as excited in for example there were the countless millions who were thrown in concintration camps during the Holocoust. I find this especially interesting seeing Natalie is from Israel. Before my comments are taken out of context what I'm trying to say is. During WW2 millions people of Natalies very ethnicity were subject to torture and stipped of there diginty not be choice. I guess we've come along way that an actress now can get paid for "playing a prisoner and tortured and forced to have a shaved head" and this is exciting for them. |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: March 06 2005 at 5:37am
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Here i'll make myself a little more clear. There;s nothign wrong that she excited to want to go with a drastic change of look like shaving her head. and that she always wanted to do it. But for goodness sake seeing that the context of the film is so dire and torture and having to loo a certain way id forced on someone, Must she be so exicted about this? If she didnt have any movies and had a break and decided to get a buzz cut or shave her head. and then was interviewed and said she was excited Id say finr great, more power to you. But seeing that shaved heads, imprisonment and torture are a touchy subject to suviviors of the Holocaust, she could had reserved her excitement. |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: March 06 2005 at 5:42am
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Sorry my typos made , i wanted to correct this part
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Posted By: Kuroneko
Date Posted: March 06 2005 at 8:49am
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Well, I haven't read the comic book it's based on, but from what I can gather at the site, Natalie's chara in the story starts out oppressed, but takes the power into her own hands and fights back against the oppressive government. It sounds like an exciting and empowering role, so why shouldn't she be glad about it? The shaving seems to be more of a perk of the role, an excuse to try something she's always wanted, rather than the point of it all. ------------- More awesome than a manatee! |
Posted By: Rod
Date Posted: March 06 2005 at 8:58am
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Films have been made about the Holocaust and other genocides. Some of these films have been very good and have contained parts that ask actors to give great performances. Not only are the actors excited to tell stories that need to be told but also to play great parts. I've heard Don Cheadle say he was excited to act in "Hotel Rwanda." I'd bet Ben Kingsley was excited to be in "Schindler's List," David Schwimmer about "Uprising," and Adrien Brody about "The Pianist." Natalie wants to do this movie and is excited that she'll be asked to do things physically that she normally wouldn't do. That's challenging for an actress. ------------- |
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Date Posted: March 06 2005 at 11:06am
| Conan, I think you're reading way too much into a very simple statement and may be taking it completely out of context. When she said she was excited, she said she was excited about shaving her head, not about her character being forced to shave her head. And why shouldn't she be excited, it's not like she was forced to take this part or to shave her head for that matter. I'm sure she could have passed on this role for some other movie that wasn't so physically demanding. She's pretty well established by now in the acting community, winning a golden globe and being nominated for an Academy Award. Using your logic, if I were an actor and was going to play a nazi general in a movie and I happened to say I was excited about playing the part, I would therefore be condoning nazi behavior. An actor is allowed to be excited about playing a particular role, no matter whether the person they are playing is evil or good, historically or otherwise. Try not to over analyze so much. |
Posted By: eKatherine
Date Posted: March 06 2005 at 1:13pm
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But on the other hand, it's not like she's taking a risk here, like it would be if I or some ordinary mortal decided to shave our heads. They're paying her really well for this, so it's really no sacrifice at all. ------------- 
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Posted By: Rod
Date Posted: March 06 2005 at 4:57pm
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What sacrifice would she be making any different than if any woman shaved her head? I'm sure she's just as vain about her hair as the rest of us. She might be as regretful as any woman. I'm sure that people who know her, including any boyfriend or potential boyfriend, might be as turned off by a shaved head as they would any of us. In fact, she has to contend with fans such as on this board that will be angry or disappointed by her shaving her hair. I don't think it will hurt her career. I think it will help. But she has a lot more to lose in her career by shaving her head than you or I do. If an ordinary mortal shaves her head, there's no real risk. Just by the fact that it spurs debate on this board we can see that Natalie doing it is a risk. ------------- |