Can Natalie Portman teach you how to act?
Should you do Natalie Portman’s Masterclass on acting, or watch Zoolander instead? Rina Grob considers.
As you know, I’m struggling a bit with my ambitious plan to do one Masterclass a week, so I outsourced one to my brilliant and funny friend Rina Grob. Rina was the perfect choice to do Natalie Portman’s Masterclass on Acting because she’s studied drama and worked in the theatre, film and creative industries. Also, she can’t stand Natalie Portman.
Here’s her review.
I should preface this by saying I can’t consciously remember ever seeing a Natalie Portman film. In fact that first thing I did before starting this masterclass was to Google her to make sure this was correct. I think I saw Garden State once? You know, like every angsty vaguely emo-child of the naughties, but honestly who knows? Could have been a different film, starring any other brown-haired white couple. And before any of you @ me about this, no, I haven’t seen Star Wars and I don’t care. It doesn’t interest me and I don’t think I’m missing anything.
But wait, apparently she was in Zoolander? Now this cinematic masterpiece I have seen. For the life of me I can’t remember her right now. More Googling, and oops — it turns out I’ve also seen Darjeeling Limited, which I love. Again don’t @…
