The renowned actress Natalie Poortman has confessed that during his adolescence, she tried consciously to create the image of a good and serious girl, since her first roles in the film had been ésexualised since her early years.
Poortman, who became popular in 1994 with the film “Léon: The Professional, when she was only 12 years old, has shown that she tried to get good grades and dress modestly in appropriate clothes for her age.
Since I was portrayed as a sexualised Lolitta, I tried to prove that I was serious, smart, student, and good girl. That was a way to protect yourself, she said in an interview for CHAper’s Bazaar.
The actress, who won the 2011 “Oscar” award for her role in the movie “Black Swan,” also spoke of the way this success affected public perception of her personality.
Poortman thinks that the role in this film caused many people to view him as an extremely serious and perfectionist person, although, according to her, it does not match her true character.
I’m so funny, I like to laugh and joke. People think I’m perfect because of Black Swan, but I’m actually the opposite. I’m tolerant of myself. At college we had a saying: Enough to finish, not to be perfect, Portman said.
It has also shown it has been difficult to secede from the image of a child actress and gain another perception from the public, despite a long career in the film industry.
I’m 45 years old, so far from being a kid. I think people treat you differently because of your small stature, and that becomes even more complicated when you were an actress from childhood, she said.
Poortman also remembered the harsh criticism he received for the films Star Wars) played the character Padmé Amidala. Although the films had financial success, she and other actors faced numerous negative reactions.
Those experiences, says the actress, taught him early in his career how to cope with criticism and move on without allowing it to stop.
It was an important lesson to read very bad things about yourself early in your career and then say: I’m going to make another movie, and I’m going to prove you wrong, Poortman said.
She has admitted that she did not want to tell others how much criticism hurt her, but she chose to turn them into motivation to continue her career.
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