Natalie Portman will be one of the lucky few to appear on the iconic cover of the annual “Hollywood” issue of the American magazine
Vanity Fair,
which highlights the most prominent stars of the moment.
On this occasion, the actress gave a long interview to the magazine, returning to the separation, no longer so opaque, that she imposes between public life and private life.
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“I chose a different name when I started”
From the start of her early career, Natalie Portman made the decision to separate her life as a young girl and that of an actress.
First decision, choose an assumed name: Portman.
“Very early on, I started protecting myself.
I chose a different name when I started, which was a pretty interesting way to separate identities.
I used to get upset if someone at school called me Natalie Portman.
I was like: if you know me, you know me as Natalie Hershlag,” she tells
Vanity Fair.
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Change of direction once a mother
When the actress becomes a mother, she questions this total separation between public and private life.
First, because like many other parents, she brings work home.
“Sometimes I try to do accents that I work on when I read them a bedtime story, just to practice, and they go crazy,” she told the magazine about of his children, Aleph, 12 years old, and Amalia, 6 years old.
Especially since even when she thinks she is on the private side, Natalie Portman very often finds herself approached by fans or photographers from her other life.
“When I started having kids and a family, I started to realize that maybe it wasn't helpful to be like there were two people inside me.
I have many interactions during my day as a public person.
To exclude that from my experience is not real.
» An observation which allowed him to put this separation into perspective... to a certain point.
Rumors of adultery
Last summer, several media outlets claimed that her husband, dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied, had an affair with Camille Étienne, the 25-year-old climate activist.
No confirmation or denial since.
When the
Vanity Fair
journalist asked her about the media coverage of her marriage and her potential marital problems, she responded with a single sentence: "It's terrible, I don't want to contribute to it."
End of the discussion.
Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied on the Golden Globes red carpet.
(In Los Angeles, January 8, 2017).
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