Natalie Portman Goes for Oscar Gold in Netflix's May December

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Here's your inside look at the Netflix drama movie May December, directed by Todd Haynes.  May December Cast:  Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Charles Melton, D.W. Moffett and Piper Curda  Stream May December December 1, 2023 on Netflix!

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00:00 -The final monologue that Natalie performs as Grace

00:05 is just an astonishing performance.

00:08 -When this first started, I didn't know what to think.

00:13 -She's just extraordinary.

00:14 I don't think I was prepared for how wonderful she would be.

00:18 -I knew that we had crossed a line,

00:20 and I felt in my heart that we would cross it again.

00:25 But now I think I've lost track of where the line is.

00:35 Who even draws these lines?

00:39 All I know is that I love you, and you love me.

00:47 -She can pretty much do anything, right?

00:50 I mean, can we all just agree on that?

00:52 -Natalie, as Elizabeth Barry,

00:56 you have a set of expectations going in

00:58 that she's gonna be our proxy.

00:59 We're gonna be able to trust her.

01:01 -I can't thank you enough for doing this.

01:03 -But as you start to watch the story unfold,

01:05 you start to lose faith in the reliability

01:07 of her point of view as a character.

01:10 -She's striving for artistic integrity

01:13 and seems willing to do anything.

01:16 Is that in service of the art?

01:18 -This is just what grown-ups do.

01:20 -It's a really intriguing question

01:23 that implicates us all,

01:25 because we're here watching a movie.

01:27 Is this what it takes to build

01:29 a beautiful, authentic performance?

01:31 -Julianne created that lisp.

01:33 -You are so sweet.

01:35 -The more she understands Julianne's character,

01:37 the more she becomes her.

01:39 -You're...crazy.

01:42 -It was pretty spectacular to see.

01:44 -Todd would look to me after a certain take,

01:46 and he'd say, "Isn't it great having actors that can nail it?"

01:49 -Judgment is for law or for society,

01:53 but art is for just peering into a mind

01:56 and allowing yourself that curiosity without judging it.

02:01 ♪♪

02:03 ♪♪

02:08 (music fades)

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