Mila Kunis revealed that while working on the Oscar winning film Black Swan, she had to stay far away from the craft services table.
The actress 42, explained in an interview with co-star Natalie Portman and director Darren Aronofsky that she ate very little while filming the 2010 drama.
‘My prep was a lot of dancing and very little eating—which I know you’re not supposed to say, but it’s the truth,’ she told Vogue.
‘I drank a lot of broth and danced for 12 hours a day.’
The Luckiest Girl Alive star revealed that ‘We were only supposed to have three months of prep before filming started, but we lost some financing, so that got extended to six months while Darren tried to find money.’
‘It sucked for Darren, but Nat and I were so happy because we had three extra months to dance.’
Mila Kunis revealed that while working on the Oscar winning film Black Swan, she had to stay far away from the craft services table
The psychological drama was made on a shoestring budget of only $13 million, and once it production began was shot in 42 days.
‘We didn’t have any rehearsals beyond the dancing,’ Portman, 44, said.
‘One of the most surprising side effects of doing the physical training was that I ended up spending a year talking extensively to my trainer, who was a former New York City Ballet dancer and told me hours of stories that gave so much color and insight into that world.’
‘It was like doing investigative journalism, but I was just gossiping with her while doing pliés.’
‘We would shoot those dancing scenes for hours, and I had bruises all over my ribs just from being lifted over and over again,’ Kunis revealed.
‘I also dislocated my shoulder pretty early in the production and thought I was completely screwed, but Darren sent me to an acupuncturist and I somehow came out totally fine.’
In the film, Portman’s Nina become the lead dancer in the upcoming production of Swan Lake after the former prima ballerina was forced to retire.
Kunis’ Lily is a promising dancer, who offers some competition for Nina as she struggles to hold on to the lead.
‘My prep was a lot of dancing and very little eating—which I know you’re not supposed to say, but it’s the truth,’ the actress, 42, told Vogue. ‘I drank a lot of broth and danced for 12 hours a day’
Kunis and co-star Natalie Portman played rivals on-screen, but they two are actually good friends. Portman revealed in the interview she had recommended Kunis for the role; Pictured in Los Angeles in November 2010
Portman won an Oscar for her performance in the psychological thriller
Black Swan will be re-release in Imax on August 21 and 24
The women say Aronofsky, 56, tried to create a similar tension between them, even though Portman had recommended Kunis for the job.
‘Darren would tell me, “Nat is working really, really hard. She’s not even taking Saturdays and Sundays off.” Then I would text Nat and she’d be like, “No, I’m not?” I think that’s how we figured out what Darren was up to, but it was all in good fun.’
Portman won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Black Swan.
For fans who want to revisit the magic, or see it for the first time, Black Swann will be re-released for two days only, August 21 and 24 in Imax.
