Natalie Portman Opens Up About Sexual Harassment In Hollywood

The Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman has recently opened up about her experiences in Hollywood in a recent chat with the Vulture magazine.

In a recent talk with Vulture,  she said she thought she was lucky that she hadn't had the hara s sment experience throughout her career but as the days pa s sed, she realized she had had discrimination or hara s sment on almost everything she worked.

Partman said,

I went from thinking I don’t have a story to thinking, Oh wait, I have 100 stories. And I think a lot of people are having these reckonings with themselves, of things that we just took for granted as like, this is part of the process.

She continued,

Nothing happened. I was not a s saulted. I said, 'This doesn't make me comfortable' and that was respected but was super not OK. That was really unacceptable and manipulative. I was scared.

She also said that she used to wish she wouldn't have to take on roles with sex scenes as she didn't want to be thought of as a Lolita. There was a time when she was not interested in doing any kissing scenes at all, she said.

Portman also describes the overwhelmingly male-dominated film sets she experienced throughout her career. She said,

Usually you walk into a movie as the only woman, and you’re often the only woman on set. It’s very rare to have female crew members apart from hair, makeup, and wardrobe — the very stereotypical departments for women to be in — and I think women experience this in a lot of industries

The Star Wars'  actress emphasized that her career has been blighted by a focus on her body rather than talents. Her revelation on her hara s sment experience comes amid the series of hara s sment scandal hit the media including the allegations against Harvey Weinstein, Roy Price, and many more.