Hiya

There was a press conference in Berlin today to kick off the V for Vendetta shoot.

Mymovies.net has a nice detailed report and it’s well worth reading the whole thing. But for the lazy, here are a couple Natcentric excerpts.

Joining Purefoy is recent Oscar?nominee Natalie Portman as Evey, a woman she describes as no “damsel in distress?she takes matters into her own hands.” Although she confessed she?s no comic book fan, Portman did reveal that the source material raised “moral?and philosophical issues” that she didn?t expect and left her thinking for days. And it looks like the actress is taking things just as seriously as her co?star, even going so far as to shave her head to illustrate the “transformation” Evey undergoes during the course of the story.

Given the current political climate, it?s easy to see why some people might have reservations about a movie that glamourises characters who could be seen as insurgents and even Portman admitted that she?s struggling to decide if V and Evey are freedom fighters or terrorists. “That?s the big question,” she sighed, although she was quick to point out that the film celebrates the “power of people [and] the right to revolt.”

Wow, I never thought she’d actually shave her head. I’ll definitely miss her hair…man that’s a weird thing to say…but I dunno, the more I think about it the more excited I get. No, not sexually. I mean, it’s a pretty ballsy move. Sure, she wouldn’t be the first actress to shave their head for a part (demi, cate, sigourney, jena malone etc.) but I’m really getting excited in the project now. It’s exciting and a bit dangerous and might piss some people off…and personally, I’m all for that.

Tomorrow I’ll get a poll up to see what you all think. Should be an interesting one.

And finally, here are some pics of Nat at the press conference. With hair.

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Thanks Tom.

Seeya tomorrow.