There aren’t really any movie stars anymore, Natalie Portman is delighted!
“I think all of these art forms, when they become less popular, invite the question: Okay, who are we doing this for anymore?”
Can we say that Natalie Portman is a star? A great film actress, without a doubt. Absolutely a celebrity. But a star, like the Redfords, Willis, Stallone and Julia Roberts of decades past? Apart from Tom Cruise who saves cinema in his spare time, few real stars still exist in Hollywood. In an interview with Vanity Fair, the Oscar-winning actress Black Swan confirms this and returns to an increasingly outdated status. She explains that the “young people today“, like his own children, have no idea who the movie stars are, knowing much more about the popular YouTubers.
“What is striking is the decline of cinema as a primary form of entertainment!” attests Natalie Portman. “This seems much more niche these days. If you ask a child, who is around my children’s age (13 and 7), if you talk to them about movie stars, they don’t know anyone compared to YouTube stars…”
A development that doesn’t upset her that much! “There’s a liberation in the fact that your art isn’t folk art. You can really explore what interests you. It becomes much more about passion than commerce. But at the same time, you have to be careful that it doesn’t become something elitist. I think all of these art forms, when they become less popular, invite the question: Okay, who are we doing this for anymore?”
Natalie Portman pertinently analyzes an industry in progress”to democratize“, Or “the goalkeepers have been demoted and where everyone can bring things to light and show their talents and creativity. The accessibility is incredible. If you lived in a small town, you might not have had access to great art cinema a few decades ago. Now if you have an internet connection you can access anything. And the crazy thing is that your weird little indie film can be seen by a lot more people because of this extraordinary accessibility. So it’s this two-sided coin.”
