Actress Trained to the extremes for Ballerina role0 comments

By Zehra Ali

Natalie Portman is earning early raves and Oscar buzz for her role as an unhinged ballerina in the upcoming psycho-drama “Black Swan”. The 29-year-old actress fully immersed herself in the part, which required hours upon hours of extreme training. Portman, who studied dance at the age of 13, got a jump on her preparation for the film.

“Physically, I trained starting a year ahead of time and then the six months prior to [shooting] the film, went into a sort of hyper training. That’s when I was doing five hours a day of both ballet and cross training with swimming.” she told reporters at a press conference at the Venice Film Festival, where “Black Swan” debuted to glowing reviews Wednesday night.

Official Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jaI1XOB-bs

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