bbook: Why Are we So Obsessed with Natalie Portman’s Authenticity? We have some weird complex about authenticity when it comes to our movie stars, despite the fact that their whole profession is about pretending to be someone else. People wet themselves when stars physically alter themselves for a role (remember all the panting about Christian Bale losing 60 pounds for The Machinist?) because stars making a real-life effort for a fictional role makes the entire enterprise seem more valid, somehow. Why do we want movies to be real life? It’s childish.

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Why Are we So Obsessed with Natalie Portman’s Authenticity?

We have some weird complex about authenticity when it comes to our movie stars, despite the fact that their whole profession is about pretending to be someone else. People wet themselves when stars physically alter themselves for a role (remember all the panting about Christian Bale losing 60 pounds for The Machinist?) because stars making a real-life effort for a fictional role makes the entire enterprise seem more valid, somehow. Why do we want movies to be real life? It’s childish.

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