Natalie Portman Says Kids Don’t Care About Actors, Prefers YouTubers
Natalie Portman attends the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' 14th Annual Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom on January 09, 2024 in Hollywood, California.
Natalie Portman is joining a growing list of those in the entertainment industry who feel like the art is lost on the public. In a new interview with Vanity Fair, the Annihilation star states that her two children and all kids today don’t have any clue who movie stars are. Growing up with technology since birth, this generation of kids is all about YouTubers and streamers. The Oscar-winner tells the publication that the “striking thing has been the decline of film as a primary form of entertainment,” claiming it feels “much more niche now.”
Portman, 42, finds it kind of liberating, though. She tells the publication that having your art not being popular allows you to really explore what is interesting to you. It becomes more about passion than commerce, as well as interesting to beware of it becoming “something elitist.” Portman, who has been an actor since she was 13 years old, believes that when different “art forms” become less popularized, you have to ask yourself, “‘Who are we making this for anymore?'” She also raves about creativity being more free and gatekeepers being shunned. This gives everyone a chance to show off their talents. Giving credit to the internet, it doesn’t matter where someone lives — you can get access to anything. Portman states how wild it is that more people than ever “might see your weird art film because of this extraordinary access. So it’s this two-sided coin.”
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Elsewhere in the feature, Portman explored the dwindling need for method acting. She doesn’t find it “highly practical” unless you’re going to be playing “a lot of saints or unless you’re comfortable committing crimes.” Her latest role in 2023’s May December follows the story of a married couple twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance. Portman stars as an actress who meets them to do research for a film about their past. She said of her role in the film that it was both fun and interesting to “explore the behavior and ethics around using someone’s life as your source material.”
14 Actors Who Hated Their Own Movies
There are movies that we love and those we can’t stand. For the actors starring in these films, some are proud of the work they did, while others wish they didn’t sign up for certain projects. Actors of high and low status have regrets about the roles they’ve taken on during the course of their careers. Unfortunately for them, these movies will live on forever to haunt them. Some have openly bashed the films they starred in, while others have taken it in stride and made jokes about their poor choices. However, some of the movies on this list have become cult favorites, like the 2004 Catwoman movie Halle Berry starred in. Critics may have hated it, with a Rotten Tomatoes rating of a low 8%, but it still gained a cult following. While appearing on What What Happens Live in 2017, the actress was asked to rate the movie and while laughing, she says, “100.”
Cult Followings
Another film that has a large cult following is the Twilight film franchise. Robert Pattinson starred as Edward Cullen, the brooding heartthrob vampire of every teenage girl’s fantasies during the late aughts. During the Twilight mania, Pattinson was overwhelmed by the intensity of it all, and his disinterest in the franchise was reflected in his press tour for the films. In a 2019 interview with USA Today, Pattinson revealed he has “very warm memories” since the mania died down. He told the publication, “People come up [to me] and just have very fond memories of it. It’s a really sweet thing. I think the only scary part was right in the thick of it all, when it was very, very intense.” The actor also spoke highly of the film’s soundtrack. He said as he recently watched part of New Moon on TV. “It genuinely does have an incredibly good soundtrack. I completely forgot, but the soundtracks were quite ahead of their time.” The New Moon soundtrack featured artists like Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver & St. Vincent, Lykke Li, Death Cab For Cutie, Muse, and The Killers.
Take a look below at which 14 actors hated the movies they starred in.
Laila Abuelhawa is the Top 40 and Hip-Hop pop culture writer for Beasley Media Group. Being with the company for over three years, Laila's fierce and fabulous red-carpet rankings have earned her a feature on 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert!' Her favorite stories are those surrounding the latest in celebrity fashion, television and film rankings, and how the world reacts to major celebrity news. With a background in journalism, Laila's stories ensure accuracy and offer background information on stars that you wouldn't have otherwise known. She prides herself in covering stories that inform the public about what is currently happening and what is to come in the ever-changing, ever-evolving media landscape.
