Natalie Portman recalls feeling like an 'outsider' on Thor: Love & Thunder: 'I was this newbie trying to to fit in'
Natalie Portman admitted to feeling like a bit of an 'outsider' while filming Thor: Love & Thunder during an interview with Vogue Australia.
Since her costars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson, and director Taika Waititi, had all previously worked together 'so successfully' on 2017's Thor: Ragnarok, the 41-year-old Oscar winner said she had to 'figure out how to fit in' with them.
'They’re just the nicest people, and also I know Chris and Tessa so well from previous work together, and also I had done Thor movies twice before,' the No Strings Attached Swan star told the magazine.
![Newcomer: Natalie Portman admitted to feeling like a bit of an 'outsider' while filming Thor: Love & Thunder during an interview with Vogue Australia; seen in 2022](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/06/06/59917933-0-image-a-8_1657084453971.jpg)
Newcomer: Natalie Portman admitted to feeling like a bit of an 'outsider' while filming Thor: Love & Thunder during an interview with Vogue Australia; seen in 2022
She continued: 'So there was a lot of familiarity and comfort in that world too, but it was this weird mix of being the veteran and the newbie at the same time. I was there at the beginning. But at the same time, you’re the outsider to this group.'
The Jackie actress also gushed that she and Thompson developed a 'love and partnership' that she believes was mirrored into their 'scenes together.'
'It was such a nice thing to be able to look to my girlfriend and be like, ‘What’s happening here! I’m feeling this, are you feeling that too?’ Just someone you can laugh with and talk things over with in your workplace,' she raved.
![Latest project: Since her costars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson, and director Taika Waititi, had all previously worked together 'so successfully' on 2017's Thor: Ragnarok, the 41-year-old Oscar winner said she had to 'figure out how to fit in'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/06/06/59917863-0-image-a-4_1657084362754.jpg)
Latest project: Since her costars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson, and director Taika Waititi, had all previously worked together 'so successfully' on 2017's Thor: Ragnarok, the 41-year-old Oscar winner said she had to 'figure out how to fit in'
In a recent interview with Variety, the performer discussed having to bulk up for the part now that her character Jane Foster has morphed into the Mighty Thor alongside Hemsworth.
Portman compared the process to her Oscar-winning role in 2010's Black Swan, where she famously lost 20 pounds through diet and exercise, but now found herself having to put on weight and gain muscle.
'On Black Swan, I was asked to get as small as possible,' she reveals. 'Here, I was asked to get as big as possible. That's an amazing challenge - and also a state of mind as a woman.'
!['But also they¿re just the nicest people, and also I know Chris and Tessa so well from previous work together, and also I had done Thor movies twice before,' the No Strings Attached Swan star told the magazine](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/06/06/59917871-0-image-a-5_1657084367659.jpg)
'But also they’re just the nicest people, and also I know Chris and Tessa so well from previous work together, and also I had done Thor movies twice before,' the No Strings Attached Swan star told the magazine
It was the first time that Portman had been asked to gain weight for a role, and previously revealed that she lifted weights and drank protein shakes in order to get into superhero shape.
She is said to have trained for ten months to get into her character who is meant to stand six feet tall – nearly 10 inches taller than her than her 5'3" height.
'I definitely got as big as I've ever been,' she added. 'You realize, "Oh, this must be so different, to walk through the world like this.'
![Portman reprises her role in Thor: Love and Thunder as Jane Foster, who takes on the role of the Mighty Thor and teams up with her ex-boyfriend Thor (Chris Hemsworth) to tackle Gorr (Christian Bale), a villain set on killing all gods](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/06/18/59917857-10986411-Sisterhood_vibes_The_Jackie_actress_also_gushed_that_she_and_Tho-a-8_1657127120780.jpg)
Sisterhood vibes: The Jackie actress also gushed that she and Thompson developed a 'love and partnership' that she believes was mirrored into their 'scenes together'
She added with a laugh: As a five-foot-three woman, I don't know that I'm ever going to be cast again as a 6-foot character. I really relished people seeing me as big.'
The process of becoming a superhero also went down well with her children - Amalia, five, and Aleph, 11, who she shares with husband Benjamin Millepied - who were thrilled to see their mother in action.
'I feel like it's the phase of my career where I'm really trying to just impress my kids,' Portman told Variety.
'My 5-year-old and my 10-year-old were so enthralled by this process, getting to visit the set and see me dressed up in a cape. It made it really cool. You know, it's very rare that my kids are like, "Please go to work!" Usually, it's quite the opposite.'
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