Natalie Portman on Craft, Collaboration, and Mentorship: A Career Retrospective
PARIS – Natalie Portman, the academy Award-winning actress currently promoting her production company’s latest animated feature, Arco, reflects on a diverse โcareer spanning from self-reliant โdramas to blockbuster franchises, offeringโ insights into her approach to acting, directing, and fostering the next generation of talent.
Portman, who recently portrayed Jackie Kennedy in Pabloโค Larrain‘s biographical drama,โ emphasizes theโฃ importance of collaboration, praising Aronofsky’s openness โคto suggestions and Larrain’s ability to create โฃdramatic tension. She acknowledges โthe unique challenges of performance capture โwork,โข stating, “It is indeed clearly harder to be moved or moving inโ front of a tennis ball which represents a character than inโ front ofโข another human being.” Despite these hurdles, Portman consistently seeks to refine her craft through work withโฃ acting teachers, meditation,โ and dream journaling to deeply connect with her roles.
Based in Paris for years,โค Portman co-founded mountaina with Sophie Mas, a company dedicated to supporting innovative storytelling. Their latest project, Arco by Ugo Bienvenu, arrivesโ in theaters October 22nd. Looking ahead, Portman expresses a desire to transition into a mentorship role, stating, โ”Now that I am entering the second half of myโค life and my โcareer, I want to beโ a mentor in my turn, to share what I have learned with the youngest,” encouragingโค aspiring โฃartists toโข seek guidance from experienced figures – “thought leadersโฆ โคOr even, let’s โsay it, Jedi masters.”
