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Natalie Portman: Terrified to Kiss a Woman

Posted by: Natasia Rose on February 6, 2010.
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02/06/2010- by Natasia Langfelder

Natalie Portman was “terrified” when she had to kiss Mila Kunis (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, That 70’s Show, Family Guy) in her new movie ‘Black Swan’. Black Swan is a movie about two rival prima ballerinas in the high stakes world of ballet dancing. In the movie (spoiler alert, only if you are planning to see the movie, which I’m pretty sure you aren’t) Portman and Kunis have a sex scene together. In an interview Portman states:

“I was terrified. At the moment I lived in a state of inner terror.”

Inner terror? Kissing a beautiful accomplished actress is terrifying? Portman who has previously shot nude scenes and played a stripper in the movie “Closer” is also worried the lesbian sex sequence is overshadowing the plot of the film and worries it will make her be taken less seriously as an actress. She added: “Nudity is something absolutely natural and I’m not prudish – but in a film it can be distracting. But stripping isn’t? Portman goes on to say:

“Doing ‘Black Swan’ I couldn’t say no. The project is a huge opportunity for me to show a new me. I can’t always play the nice mothers. My other problem is that single pictures are being taken out of context and put on the internet.” Right, Portman is always playing the nice mother, or the nice stripper. Playing a nice lesbian is a huge leap for her. There is nothing wrong with strippers, but it’s sad that Portman regards playing a lesbian as her least family friendly role.

Portman studied psychology at Harvard has a reputation for being “I can guarantee you I’m not one of the most intelligent actresses of the world.” I completely agree with you Natalie and to prove it, I’m running some of Portman’s best quotes below:

“Star Wars hasn’t changed my life at all.”

Except for the millions of dollars you made and the wooden acting that eventually will become your legacy among the millions of Star Wars fans worldwide.

“When a guy tells me I’m cute, it’s not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.”

Cute is awesome. We can’t all be devastatingly gorgeous in a half-fed way.

And then there was the time she compared meat lovers to rapists: I say that Foer’s ethical charge against animal eating is brave because not only is it unpopular, it has also been characterized as unmanly, inconsiderate, and juvenile. But he reminds us that being a man, and a human, takes more thought than just “This is tasty, and that’s why I do it.” He posits that consideration, as promoted by Michael Pollan in The Omnivore’s Dilemma, which has more to do with being polite to your tablemates than sticking to your own ideals, would be absurd if applied to any other belief (e.g., I don’t believe in rape, but if it’s what it takes to please my dinner hosts, then so be it).

Portman told Allure magazine in an interview, regarding being famous: “I’m not black, but I know what it feels like.” That quote speaks for itself. Natalie Portman: Not America’s Smartest Actress.

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14 Responses to Natalie Portman: Terrified to Kiss a Woman

  1. Nic Shepard Reply

    October 26, 2010 at 2:09 am

    Such venom from this article and select comments are just b*tchy. As as an overtly masculine butch with a great deal of experience with various kinds of ‘straight girls’ that the way they react to such situations speaks volumes as to where they are in our sliding scale of human sexuality. 

    A fully hetero female who is only doing such a thing through coercion will just get it over with and shrug it off and assure the general public it ‘isn’t her thing’. There are those who have female “playthings’ in between and many times while with a man. 

    Note in either situation they are either indifferent or have the attitude of a glorified xes toy. 

    This girl was terrified during…why? Then goes on to state that she is essentially afraid everyone is going to think she is a lesbian. Sounds like she did a lot more than just ‘kiss a woman’ in this movie. I would place bets that she liked it more than she thought she would and it scared the hell out of her. 

    I bet the right butch could turn that one. 

    • Natasia Rose

      October 26, 2010 at 10:02 am

      LOL right…that’s what the poor thing wants. dude, i don’t even like her and now i feel sorry for her. honestly, she’s straight and i respect her sexual identity. men say they can turn lesbians all the time and that’s just as annoying as lesbians saying they can turn straight women.

    • Bridgette P. LaVictoire

      October 26, 2010 at 12:22 pm

      What, you mean we aren’t born with that superpower? *walks away disappointed* (I just need to be a bit silly right now)

  2. Jools Reply

    February 10, 2010 at 6:48 pm

    This seems a little judgemental and harsh to me. I never quite believe those actors who say they had no problem kissing etc someone of the same gender… i think they’re trying hard to be PC. You may not like what Portman has to say but it’s her life and work and she’s just being honest about how she felt. Do you know if she feels the same kissing a male lead, did you check?

  3. lori Reply

    February 10, 2010 at 5:27 pm

    this girl never stops complaining shes a whimp be the actress you so call yourself and shut up afraid to kiss mila kunis no dont think thats it maybe shes afraid the beautiful mila kunis will steel the movie from her thats exactly what she means please grow up and kiss the girl!!!!!!!!!!!

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  8. Eliza Reply

    February 6, 2010 at 12:28 pm

    Actually, I agree with her that “cute” is a bit demeaning. Cute is for – yes – puppies and children. As nice as it is to see a straight actress not go on and on how wonderful it was kissing a woman and teasing that she could be bi (I think women are beautiful, but, ho ho, I’d never date one! I prefer the strong arms of a man!), Natalie Portman is missing the point.

    • Lee

      February 8, 2010 at 3:10 pm

      Oh spare me Eliza. Cute is “demeaning”? Who decides that?, you and Natalie? That is SO shallow and pretentious. She’s called beautiful, gorgeous, stunning, fantastic and god knows what other complementary words every single day probably being a famous actress and she complains about being called cute? I bet if she had to grow up being put down for her looks, bullied, having her self confidence and self-esteem beaten down and not given the time of day because of it, she’d beg and thrive on being called cute at least once by anyone and appreciate it. That’s yet another air headed remark by her along with all the other quotes. Also “cute is for puppies and children” yeah you don’t sound to bright yourself, just saying. The article doesn’t even mention her signing the petition to free a child rapist or that the economy is a good thing and should be no problem for everyone to get motivated and magically get out there to work lol meanwhile she gets paid millions for playing pretend a couple times a year if even. I’m not jealous and don’t care but rather find it annoying that she doesn’t use the brain that somehow got her through Harvard and say something that doesn’t sound ridiculous once in a while!

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