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in the interview published in Vanity Fair On February 21, the actress describes the duality of her public and personal life, which are often intertwined.
Natalie Portman will be one of the lucky few who will appear on the symbolic cover of the annual “Hollywood” issue of the American magazine. Vanity Fair, which highlights the hottest stars of the moment. On this occasion, the actress gave a long interview to the magazine, returning to the not-so-impermeable division that she imposes between public and private life.
“I chose a different name when I started”
From the beginning of her early career, Natalie Portman made the decision to separate her life as a young girl and as an actress. First decision, choose an assumed name: Portman. “Very early on, I became defensive. I chose a different name when I started, which was a pretty interesting way to separate the identity. I used to get upset if someone called me Natalie Portman at school. I was like, if you know me, you know me as Natalie Herschlag,” she says. Vanity Fair.
Once mom’s change of direction
When the actress becomes a mother, she questions this complete separation of public and private life. First, because like many other parents, he brings work home. “Sometimes I try to do accents, which I work on when I read a bedtime story, just to practice, and they go crazy,” she told the magazine of her children Alef, 12, and Amalia, 6. . Especially since Natalie Portman, even when she thinks she’s on the private side, is very often seen by fans or photographers. “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 of me. As a public person, I have many contacts during my day. Excluding it is not true in my experience. » An observation that allowed him to make this separation visible… to a certain point.
Rumors of treason
Last summer, several media outlets claimed that her husband, dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied, had an affair with 25-year-old climate activist Camille Etienne. No confirmation or denial after that. When the journalist from Vanity Fair asks him about the media coverage of his marriage and potential relationship problems, he responds in one sentence. “It’s terrible, I don’t want to contribute to it.” End of discussion.
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Source: Le Figaro
