Natalie Portman Tries Something A Little Less Unorthodox For Her Next Short Film

We’re a fan of all of Natalie Portman’s film work, but it’s her strides in the shortform variety that have particularly astounded us lately. Just six months after she at long last unveiled both Boleyn girls–along with the rest of her–in Wes Anderson’s Hotel Chevalier, comes another drastic about-face for the consummate actress and Star Wars-geek spankbait-object. In a sequence in New York, I Love You, an anthology of love stories set in Manhattan (including one directed by shameless romantic Brett Ratner), the Israeli-American actress bundles up to play a Hasidic woman–albeit notably unencumbered by one of those tricky-to-manoeuvre, five-seat strollers. Could the dashing young mensch to her right be searching for just the right moment to pop the question, and get a little under-the-chupah action going? Those smiles say yes.

[Photo Credit: Bauer-Griffin]

• New York, I Love You [IMDb]