Natalie Portman Preps for 'Black Swan'

International stage and screen superstar Natalie Portman will star alongside Mila Kunis in the Darren Aronovsky-helmed Black Swan. The film is a psychological thriller that centers on ballerina who competes against a rival dancer who may or may not be another version of herself. The film is penned by Mark Heyman, who revised an original script by John McLaughlin.

Aronofsky originally tried to launch the project in 2007 but Universal put it on halt. With the success of his "The Wrestler" and securing of Portman a couple of months ago, the project has been reopened.

Controversy surrounding the piece has already hit the blogs, as reportedly, the show's stars, Portman and Kunis, who play each others' foils, consummate their rivalry with "ecstasy-induced hungry aggressive angry sex," according to a script review on ScriptShadow.

No release date has been announced.

Portman has starred on Broadway in The Diary of Anne Frank, and in the Shakespeare in the Park production of The Seagull alongside Meryl Streep, Kevin Klein, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. She came onto the international scene at just 13 after her critically hailed performance in the 1994 independent film Léon (known in the United States as The Professional). She achieved wider fame after playing Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. In 2005, Portman received a Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actress in the drama Closer. In May 2008, she served as the youngest member of the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival jury. Portman's directorial debut, Eve, opened the 65th Venice International Film Festival's shorts competition in 2008. She is a graduate of Harvard University. Recently seen opposite Scarlett Johansson (set to appear on Broadway in The View From The Bridge with Liev Schrieber) in The Other Bolyn Girl, She can currently be seen on the silver screen in New York, I Love You and will soon appear in several upcoming films including Thor, Your Highness, Brothers, and Hesher.

 

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