Portman can be very mean for a part she wants

Portman can be very mean for a part she wants

Natalie Portman has admitted that she can be a touch when it comes to her career.

The actress, 29, said she pulls no punches when she has her eye on a movie role.

Talking about new film The Other Boleyn Girl, she said in her words she can be mean.

However, co-star Scarlett Johansson told her: “I don’t think you’re that kind of a person. You’re just healthily ambitious!”

The pair agreed that mastering the British accent had been their biggest challenge in the drama, in which they play Henry VIII’s wife Anne Boleyn (Portman) and her sister Mary (Johansson).

Portman and Johansson had known each other casually before shooting Boleyn, their first on-screen collaboration. Portman had signed on first and expressed her desire to engage in a little sibling rivalry with Johansson.

“We had some mutual friends,” Johansson says. “I’ve always been a fan. Her choices, the work that she has done — it’s true. I’ve always been a huge fan, but I never assumed there would be an opportunity where we could work together in such an intimate way. And then I heard she wanted me to do it.”