Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Natalie Portman plays another other woman

OK, so we know that Natalie Portman has a bravura role in the "Black Swan", and might win an Oscar. And she's in the somewhat raunchy (if you find the R-estricted trailer, and trust me, it can be done) "No Strings Attached" with Ashton Kutcher. And she's in the sword-and-shield knighthood spoof "Your Highness", in which she plays a bowman with a nice bottom. And she's the love interest in "Thor", coming this summer.

Turns out that there's going to be ANOTHER Natalie Portman vehicle, "The Other Woman" which was actually made a couple of years ago and shelved. Not sure why. But the trailer for "The Other Woman" is out, and in it she plays the other woman, who the man doing the other woman does, and she gets pregnant for all her efforts. And dramatic consequences ensue. From the trailer, it appears that Natalie's other woman, i.e. mistress, beds the married guy (don't recognize the guy, but Lisa Kudrow plays the p-o'ed wife), gets pregnant (life imitates art, as we'll see soon), has the baby, the baby DIES -- this indicates it's not a rom-com -- then I think she marries the father of the baby, thus becoming stepmother to a not-really-liking-this-arrangement son, and various drama ensueth. So, let's get this all straight:

In the "Black Swan", Natalie plays a two-way (black and white, that is) ballerina who also tries it both ways with Mila Kunis;

In "No Strings Attached", Natalie plays a doctor who plays doctor with Ashton Kutcher, trying to just keep it physical but apparently not fully succeeding;

In "The Other Woman", Natalie plays the other woman, again not fully constraining her
wanton sexual desires OR using birth control, and thus making a mess of things for
quite a few people (well, the cheating hubby could have used foresight over the
foreskin and prevented all these romantic and procreative complications);

And in "Thor", Natalie has a romantic relationship with a hunky blonde Norse God who
carries a hard hammer in his hand and isn't afraid to use it.

Princess Amidala, you've grown up!

And if that wasn't all, let us now segue to Natalie's personal news, which by now if you've been paying any attention has been all over the grocery store racks and the Internet gossip sites...

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