Natalie Portman on Bulking up for Thor: ‘I Was Asked to Get as Big as Possible’

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SNL. But for her upcoming role as (Jane Foster plus hammer plus powers) in Thor: Love and Thunder, she was asked for the first time in her career to add muscle to her frame, and the physical change affected her mentally as well.“On Black Swan, I was asked to get as small as possible,” Portman , reflecting on the role—a ballerina—that netted her an Oscar. “[For Thor], I was asked to get as big as possible.

That’s an amazing challenge—and also state of mind as a woman.”This content can also be viewed on the site it from.“To have this reaction and be seen as big, you realize, Oh, this must be so different, to walk through the world like this,” she added. “When you’re small—and also, I think, because I started as a kid—a lot of times I feel young or little or, like, a pat-on-the-head kind of person.

And I present myself that way too, because of that.”For the role, Portman worked with a trainer for 10 months, although not even the most talented physical trainer could make the actor taller, which the script called for.

Instead, a ramp was built for Natalie Portman to walk on during filming so that she could stand eye-to-eye with costar Chris Hemsworth. “It was actually one of our running jokes,” she said, after costar alluded to the way the word deck sounds when pronounced with a New Zealand accent, as director Taika Waititi has. “Chris would have to…they’d all have to navigate my deck!”Love a woman with delts and a big swingin’ deck.More from GlamourSee More Stories© 2022 Condé Nast.