Natalie Portman Lost 20 Pounds for Black Swan & Her Bones Started Breaking on Set

Natalie Portman Lost 20 Pounds for Black Swan & Her Bones Started Breaking on Set

Natalie Portman trained eight hours a day for a year. For Black Swan, she lost 20 pounds off a frame that didn’t have it to lose. She danced on a dislocated rib. She fractured two toes mid-rehearsal and kept going. Darren Aronofsky watched her collapse and said, “We have what we need.” She won the Oscar pregnant. The doctors told her she should never have been on set. She knew.
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