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A few days after an article was posted called “The Real
Black Swan,” Sarah Lane, the dancing double for Natalie Portman in the movie “Black
Swan,” was asked not to give anymore interviews until after The Academy Awards.
Lane was not only asked to be quiet about being Portman’s double, but she also
received very little credit for her role in the movie to begin with. She was
credited as “Stunts” and “Lady in the Lane.” To top it off, Natalie Portman won
the Oscar for best actress in the movie “Black Swan,” and thanked everyone else
in the movie cast, except Lane. As Lane sat at home on the couch watching Portman
receive all of the credit on stage at The Academy Awards, she decided she could
not keep quiet anymore. Lane wrote an article stating how she, in fact,
performed a majority of the dancing scenes in the movie and that it was a façade
that Natalie Portman was able to become a professional ballerina in a year and
a half. Even though Portman did not want to contribute to the gossip, her
co-stars and producers for the movie spoke up for her. They defended how
vigorously Portman trained for the movie and how she even lost 20 pounds for
it. They argued that almost all of the close up dancing shots in the movie were
done by Natalie Portman, and that she won the Oscar for her acting, not
dancing. Lane agreed that Portman deserved the Oscar. However, she thought it
was disrespectful to dance as an art form and all of the dancers who have
slaved their entire lives to become professional ballerinas. Both sides make
good points and the controversy is still up in the air. Did Natalie Portman
receive more credit for “Black Swan” than she deserved and Sarah Lane not
enough?
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