Natalie Portman reveals she misplaced a rib…
Natalie Portman’s efficiency in “Black Swan” was on pointe.
However, the actress, 44, revealed that while she was filming the 2010 psychological thriller, she suffered a harsh injury.
“I misplaced a rib or something,” Portman confessed while on Wednesday’s episode of “The Drew Barrymore Show.”
“It, like, went under. It was from being lifted all the time. That was really wild.”
Natalie Portman on “The Drew Barrymore Show.” thedrewbarrymoreshow/Instagram
Natalie Portman, winner of the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for “Black Swan” in the press room during the 83rd Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 27, 2011. Getty Images
The film was directed by Darren Aronofsky, and also starred Mila Kunis, Winona Ryder, Barbara Hershey, and Vincent Cassel.
In a featurette about the project, Aronofsky, 56, opened up about Portman’s “really hard job” of having to dance throughout “Black Swan” on top of appearing.
The “No Strings Attached” star labored with former New York City Ballet dancer Mary Helen Bower on set.
Natalie Portman training for “Black Swan.” Searchlight Pictures
“The idea is, if you’re going to play a ballerina, you’re going to have to train like one,” Bower recounted before praising Portman as “so devoted.”
“We’re meeting at 5, 5:30 in the morning, doing ballet for two or three hours,” the dancer shared about their schedule. “She goes and works a 12-hour day and meets me at the gym at night, and we’re doing our toning exercises and swimming a mile. And then she goes home and goes to sleep and then we get up the next day and do it again. And this is six days a week for months and months and months leading up to the movie.”
Portman performed Nina, an unstable principal ballerina whose main position is jeopardized by Kunis’ character, Lily. The rivalry causes Nina’s darkness to come out as she looses her grip on actuality.
Natalie Portman in “Black Swan.” ©Fox Searchlight/Courtesy Everett Collection
“Black Swan” was nominated for 5 Academy Awards in 2011, including Best Motion Picture of the Year and Best Achievement in Directing for Aronofsky.
Portman, meanwhile, took home the Oscar for her efficiency as Nina Sayers.
While celebrating the movie’s fifteenth anniversary in August, Aronofsky confessed that he tried to trigger pressure between Portman and Kunis, 42, during manufacturing.
Mila Kunis and Natalie Portman arrive at the “Black Swan” closing evening gala. Getty Images for AFI
“I was trying to be a sneaky director and make them argue,” he told Vogue at the time.
“Mila and Natalie both realized very quickly what I was doing and made fun of me, so it quickly became a joke that we all understood,” Aronofsky added. “They’re both very clever and were instantly privy to whatever trick I was playing.”
The actresses had been already associates when they filmed “Black Swan” and shared their aspect of the story with the outlet.
Natalie Portman training for the movie “Black Swan.” Searchlight Pictures
Behind the scenes of “Black Swan.” Searchlight Pictures
“I remember being separated from Mila and that we weren’t in the same space a lot when we weren’t shooting,” Portman mirrored.
Aronofsky had a strategy to create pressure between the leads.
“Darren made some comment early on, like, ‘Ya know, Nat, Mila’s dancing so well.’ And I was like, ‘Of course she is! She’s so f–king talented and I love her so much and I’m happy she’s doing a great job,’” Portman explained.
Director Darren Aronofsky and Natalie Portman on set of “Black Swan.” ©Fox Searchlight/Courtesy Everett Collection
Kunis recalled how their director would inform tales to strive and spark an unhealthy competitors between the 2.
“Darren would tell me, ‘Nat is working really, really hard. She’s not even taking Saturdays and Sundays off,’” she shared. “Then I would text Nat and she’d be like, ‘…No, I’m not?’ I think that’s how we figured out what Darren was up to, but it was all in good fun.”
But their friendship was too stable to be torn aside.
“We had been friends for years and I remember being at the Rose Bowl Flea Market with her, talking about this ballet movie I was making with Darren,” Portman said in the interview. “Mila said, ‘I remember when I would take off my pointe shoes…’ and I was like, ‘Wait, you did ballet?!’ I immediately called Darren and said there was this amazing actress with ballet experience who would be perfect for Lily.”
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