Mila Kunis Did ‘Very Little Consuming’ For ‘Black Swan’

In an interview with Vogue alongside her Black Swan co-star Natalie Portman and the movie’s director Darren Aronofsky, the actress opened up about her grueling coaching to prep for her function as a ballet dancer within the 2010 psychological horror movie, whereas additionally detailing the extraordinary filming course of, together with how she suffered an damage throughout manufacturing.

“My prep was a whole lot of dancing and little or no consuming — which I do know you are not imagined to say, nevertheless it’s the reality. I drank a whole lot of broth and danced for 12 hours a day,” recalled Kunis, now 42, who was 27 whereas filming.

Kunis stated she and Portman have been initially solely set to have three months to arrange to painting skilled ballet dancers, however as a result of budgeting, they finally had six, which labored of their favor.

“We have been solely imagined to have three months of prep earlier than filming began, however we misplaced some financing, in order that received prolonged to 6 months whereas Darren tried to search out cash,” she defined. “It sucked for Darren, however Nat and I have been so blissful as a result of we had three further months to bop.”

Portman chimed in, recalling how she gained “perception” into the world of ballet.

“One of the stunning negative effects of doing the bodily coaching was that I ended up spending a yr speaking extensively to my coach, who was a former New York Metropolis Ballet dancer and instructed me hours of tales that gave a lot coloration and perception into that world. It was like doing investigative journalism, however I used to be simply gossiping together with her whereas doing pliés,” she recalled.

In the meantime, Kunis went on to recall how she injured herself early on through the shoot.

“We’d shoot these dancing scenes for hours, and I had bruises throughout my ribs simply from being lifted over and over,” she shared. “I additionally dislocated my shoulder fairly early within the manufacturing and thought I used to be utterly screwed, however Darren despatched me to an acupuncturist and I someway got here out completely positive.”

In Black Swan, Kunis starred as Lily, a newcomer and rival to Portman’s Nina, with the 2 competing for the function of the lead ballerina in Swan Lake.

Throughout the Vogue interview, Aronofsky revealed that he tried to create a rivalry off-screen to assist with Kunis and Portman’s performances on-screen — however his efforts backfired as the 2 actresses figured it out.

“My take is that I used to be making an attempt to be a sneaky director and make them argue. Mila and Natalie each realized in a short time what I used to be doing and made enjoyable of me, so it rapidly grew to become a joke that all of us understood,” Aronofsky stated. “They’re each very intelligent and have been immediately aware of no matter trick I used to be enjoying.”

“Do you guys bear in mind it in another way?” he requested Kunis and Portman, who stay good buddies.

“I bear in mind being separated from Mila and that we weren’t in the identical area rather a lot once we weren’t capturing. Darren made some remark early on, like, ‘Ya know, Nat, Mila’s dancing so properly,'” Portman recalled. “And I used to be like, ‘In fact she is! She’s so f–king gifted and I like her a lot and I’m blissful she’s doing an excellent job!'”

Kunis shared, “Darren would inform me, ‘Nat is working actually, actually arduous. She’s not even taking Saturdays and Sundays off.’ Then I might textual content Nat and she or he’d be like, ‘…No, I’m not?’ I believe that is how we discovered what Darren was as much as, nevertheless it was all in good enjoyable.”

Black Swan — which premiered on the Venice Movie Competition in September 2010, and was launched that December — was praised by critics and earned 5 Academy Awards nominations, together with Finest Image, Finest Director, Finest Actress, Finest Cinematography, and Finest Movie Enhancing. Portman finally received the Oscar for Finest Actress.

In honor of the movie’s fifteenth anniversary, Black Swan is returning to theaters subsequent week and will probably be launched in IMAX for the primary time, based on Deadline.