Natalie Portman’s most controversial movie is back on Netflix
If you’re ever stuck for something new to watch, however, the streamer has also got you covered on that front with a massive library of older titles. A good example of this can be found in the form of a couple of Natalie Portman thrillers just added to the service. They include V for Vendetta and The Professional (with Portman as a co-star when she was still a preteen).
Portman herself in recent years has seemed to distance herself from the latter movie, which is regarded as a somewhat controversial title. “I was definitely aware of the fact that I was being portrayed … as this ‘Lolita’ figure,” Portman said in a 2020 interview. “Being sexualized as a child, I think, took away from my own sexuality because it made me afraid, and it made me [feel] like the way I could be safe was to be like, ‘I’m conservative,’ and ‘I’m serious and you should respect me,’ and ‘I’m smart,’ and ‘don’t look at me that way.’”