There’s not really anything wrong with Elle UK’s February cover, but it still annoys me. Sure, Natalie Portman looks gorgeous, per usual. I can’t think of any time where I haven’t stopped dead in my tracks and thought “there’s no possible way to take a bad picture of her.” So, that’s fine. I guess it’s the outfit that annoys me. She’s pantless and wearing a puffy shirt or wrap or something. It’s not cute. The Jezebel girls called this cover “Natalie Portman’s Elle UK Cover Ushers In a New Decade of Sexyface” and they point out that “While nobody knows what this decade may bring, fashion-wise, I think it’s safe to say that the February 2010 cover of Elle UK proves that two trends of the 00s—sexyface and no-pants—haven’t died just yet.” Maybe I would like the cover better if her mouth was closed. It would be an improvement, right?
Anyhoodle, the interview from Elle UK hasn’t been released yet. I’m assuming Natalie is promoting Brothers in the interview, and I’m also assuming Natalie will continue to whine about Hollywood being a bully, and how eating meat is equivalent to rape, or talking about how she signed the Roman Polanski petition. Meh.
While I was looking for the interview online, I did find one very interesting rumor that swirling around. Apparently Natalie, Kristen Stewart and Ellen Page are all vying to play the lead (opposite George Clooney) in the American remake of the Swedish film (based on the Stieg Larsson Millennium book trilogy) The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. If you’d like to know more about the author or the trilogy, Newsweek had a really excellent piece that works as an introduction to the series. Apparently, the role Portman, Page and Stewart are vying for is Lisbeth Salander, a young, brilliant computer hacker. Clooney would be playing the cop investigating the Swedish criminal underbelly.