The Black Swan

Last night I went to the cinema with my lovely friend. We saw Black Swan. We came out of the movie shocked. Beautiful. Tragic. Artistic. Loved the metaphor of the Lake of the Swans The makers of Black Swan depicted the struggle for perfection so effectively. Natalie did an amazing job.
 

I think it's always best to learn from the best :-)
There isn't a shadow of a doubt that Natalie Portman is one of the most talented actresses out there, and for her new role in The Black Swan she even got an Oscar nomination.

I feel she really deserves to win! I will be keeping my fingers crossed for her. This role seems so unbelievably complex. You could see the inner struggles of that poor girl in Nats face. She acts with such ease, and on top of that she is a fantastic dancer! I admire her enormously. If you want to see how good acting looks like, you absolutely MUST see this movie, but beware it's got very strong scenes.

Important lesson to be learnt from Black Swans' Natalie and Mila: 

If you put your whole heart into something, no matter how impossible it seems, you can do this! Ballet is such a rigorous sport, so precise, it takes professional ballerinas years of practice, thousands of hours of training since the age of 4. And Mila and Natalie, did this in merely 6 months. Of course they are probably not as amazing as those real dancers, but they could fool anyone! And how did they get there?  

Hard work. Determination. Passion... 

 

                            "So I started training 7 days a week 5 hours a day for I think a total of 6 months."  

Mila Kunis

Ok so that's that, now a little bit about my first steps...

I can't really start my career until March, as I'm going to be away from London for the last two weeks of February. Still, I am working on my Received Pronunciation accent, developing new skills (I'll write about this in another post) and I'm also researching various acting techniques. I'm trying to get in shape. Gym, Dukan diet, yoga, dance and so on... I'm registering to as many online communities as I can, organizing my CV, headshots, business cards. I will only look for an agent in June, after I finish all my planned courses and will have had a bit of screen experience. (I did theatre when I was a teenager). Most of the courses are in City Lit, but I'm still deciding whether to pursue a year long intensive drama training (30 hours per week). By the time I'd finish I will be already 24... This is not the best age to start an acting career, but hey, nothing is impossible. Evangeline Lilly was 25 when they cast her for Lost :) Hey we must be optimists!

I think that's that for today:) Good luck to you all!