Over the ten months of pre-filming, Portman deducted herself to start training at 4:30 am every day through a varied workout. “We worked on building her upper body three times a week, which included arm, back, chest exercises, boxing, skipping and running,” she said.
"Here, I was asked to get as big as possible. That's an amazing challenge — and also a state of mind as a woman," she said. Pendergast "had to introduce heavy weights" into Portman's fitness routine for the role, she explains. Training also involved running, an activity both Pendergast and Portman enjoy.
Warning: Minor spoilers below if you haven't seen "Thor: Love and Thunder." Natalie Portman looks 6 feet tall in the movie once she becomes Mighty Thor. Raised platforms were built on set to make the 5-foot-3 actor look taller in the scenes.
To achieve this, Pendergast devised a plan that mixed weightlifting sessions with cardio workouts and injury prevention exercises to build Portman a body that was strong, athletic, and agile enough to meet the physical demands of filming, while also delivering an authentically ripped 'superhero' aesthetic that didn't ...
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According to interviews, Portman spent 10 months gradually building muscle with trainer Naomi Pendergast, the director of RPX fitness. “Our typical weekly routine would consist of three strength training sessions a week and two sessions of mobility, agility, and stability work,” Pendergast told Women's Health.
Natalie Portman dropped 20 pounds to play a ballerina in "Black Swan." Portman was on a carrots-and-almond diet, working five-to-eight hours a day for a year to slim her already trim figure down for the lead role in Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan."
The actress shed an astonishing 20lbs from her already slight frame to play a ballerina in the 2011 film and admitted it put such a toll on her body that she thought she was going to die.
Those muscles are completely real. See for yourself: Male actors aren't the only ones capable of getting into crazy shape for a superhero role, Natalie Portaman did the same for Thor: Love and Thunder.
Aware of the personal benefits of a vegan diet, during a recent interview with InStyle Natalie was asked how she keeps her skin so 'luminous', to which the actress credited her vegan diet. Portman says, “Diet is a big part of it. I'm vegan, and I drink a lot of water. If I have dairy, I break out immediately.”
How she obtained her new look was discussed in an interview with Vanity Fair. Portman said she worked with a trainer named Naomi Pendergast for four months before the shoot. During this time, she consumed protein shakes and did a great deal of weight training that she wasn't accustomed to before the movie.
She still made it to America, and eventually had a small pandemic wedding with Mike. However, her married life made Natalie unhappy, which led to "stress eating." Natalie says she is on antidepressants, and gained 30 pounds following her arrival in the U.S.
And for Her Encore... After admittedly subsisting on very little for the duration of the shoot to keep her weight hovering around 98, a 20-pound drop from her already petite frame, Portman's first meal after they wrapped was pasta, "for breakfast, lunch and dinner," she told Collider. "I ate it all the time."
Kunis lost 20 pounds from an already light frame and wore prosthetic “meth teeth” in the film, and also had to capture the jittery convulsions or “tweaking” of an addict. “The physicality of it becomes really challenging, and she's just in a constant state of despair. My character never had any release.
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How many calories did Mila Kunis eat for Black Swan?
Mila Kunis has confessed that her diet was restricted to 1,200 calories per day while filming Black Swan. The actress - who shrunk down to 95lbs for her role as a ballet dancer in the film - revealed that she was in "hell" during filming and only ate foods that fit in her hand, reports the Daily Star.
How much dancing did Natalie Portman really do in Black Swan?
In a written statement, "Black Swan" director Darren Aronofsky said, "Here is the reality. I had my editor count shots. There are 139 dance shots in the film -- 111 are Natalie Portman untouched. Twenty-eight are her dance double Sarah Lane.
Did Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis lose weight for Black Swan?
Already lean, Kunis dropped 20 pounds in order to play Natalie Portman's ballerina frenemy in "Black Swan." At 95 pounds, Kunis says "I was muscles, like a little brick house, but skin and bones." Unfortunately, when she gained the weight back, Kunis says it ended up in completely different places.
90 Day Fiancé star Natalie got her laser liposuction done on her chin, stomach, and waist. She wanted to lose weight but not her chest size, which had grown larger after weight gain. So Natalie targeted specific areas of her body to lose weight.
In April 2021, Natalie revealed that she got laser liposuction done on her chin, stomach, and waist. Natalie spoke about the weight gain having increased the size of her chest and bottom.
Nick Viall and Natalie Joy are having a girl! The couple announced the exciting news on Instagram on Wednesday, sharing a video of Viall popping a black balloon that released pink confetti and pink balloons throughout the room.
Natalie Portman's muscles in Thor: Love and Thunder are real, only CGI needed was to make her taller (apparently she's too good to stand on apple boxes)
