The Insane Body Transformations These Actors Went Through For Their Roles

Natalie Portman

Portman prepared for Black Swan by actually enduring some extremely taxing ballet exercises. At first, she was practicing for one or two hours a day, after a few months, she practiced for four hours at a time. When there were only a few months before the filming of the movie was slated, Portman was exercising for eight, and sometimes more, hours a day. 

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