Natalie Portman talks about Jake in "Brothers"

Promotional stills of Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire and Jake Gyllenhaal in "Brothers" (2009). Source: www.natalieportman.com

"Having Portman as the face of the site allows filmmakers to let their guards down and speak candidly. Trolling through the site, one finds handfuls of eyebrow-raising tidbits—Darren Aronofsky admitting that Ellen Burstyn wasn’t his first choice for Requiem for a Dream, for example, and that the actors he wants regularly turn him down. Or Jim Sheridan telling Portman to her face that she, to some extent, and Jake Gyllenhaal, to a much greater extent, are reluctant to shoot scenes in which they don’t come off as “cool.”


Source: www.vanityfair.com

Oh, and HAPPY 28TH BIRTHDAY TO NATALIE PORTMAN!!
(actually happy belated because her birthday was on Monday, 9th June)
Many happy returns and many happy next films we'll be waiting from you, Miss Portman.