Vanity Fair France

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Vanity Fair France publishes this month an article with Natalie, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the magazine. The interview (in French) and the photos (taken by Elle Von Unwerth) were made in May of this year, and take a tour of her career and life since she was discovered for the cinema in “Leon”, until the premiere of “May December” in Cannes:

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LA Times published an article today about actors who have played singers in recent months. This is the quote on Natalie and Vox Lux:

Months before shooting began, she also recorded a selection of tracks written by Sia and singer-songwriter and producer Scott Walker — it was the first time she’d ever been called on to sing so extensively for a role.

The experience left her with newfound respect for hit-makers and performers. “Pop stars are this incredible force of nature,” Portman said. “There’s a mystery there, an internal force that propels them. It’s a really hard life. You watch any of these documentaries, and it is so much work. I think what [makes them such fascinating figures on screen] is that special charisma that everyone is attracted to combined with this unbelievable work ethic and then the very human toll it takes.”

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