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‘Jackie’: Natalie Portman Explains How She Looked Past Her Own ‘Common Perceptions’ for Her Lauded Role
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In Chilean director Pablo Larraín’s first English-language outing, the daring Jacqueline Kennedy biopic “Jackie,” Natalie Portman turns in some of her finest work yet as the beloved First Lady in the days just after the assassination of her husband. The film has already garnered significant buzz on the awards circuit, prompting Fox Searchlight to pick up the project out of Toronto, and it was with that momentum that Larraín and Portman brought the film to the New York Film Festival on Thursday night for the film’s U.S. premiere.
It’s Portman’s performance — one years in the making, as the film was produced by filmmaker Darren Aronofsky, who had long pictured his “Black Swan” leading lady in the title role — that has grabbed the most attention, and while it’s still early days, it’s hard to imagine an awards season that won’t feature her work front and center. »
- Kate Erbland
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