7:17 pm - 03/17/2011
Sarah Lane, whose heavenly dancing helped make Natalie Portman believable as the ballerina Nina Sayers—thanks to face replacement—was not acknowledged by Portman at the Oscars. Not only that, but Lane was suddenly deleted from a video showing Black Swan’s special effects that was circulating on the web. In my blog last week I called it a blackout.
Sarah Lane calls it a more polite word: a façade. I asked her if she was expecting to be thanked when she heard Portman reel off 10 or 20 other names during her acceptance speech. Lane said no, because a Fox Searchlight producer had already called to ask her to stop giving interviews until after the Oscars. “They were trying to create this façade that she had become a ballerina in a year and a half," she said. "So I knew they didn’t want to publicize anything about me.”
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Sarah Lane (Natalie Portman's ballet-double) speaks out about her "Black Swan" role
Sarah Lane, whose heavenly dancing helped make Natalie Portman believable as the ballerina Nina Sayers—thanks to face replacement—was not acknowledged by Portman at the Oscars. Not only that, but Lane was suddenly deleted from a video showing Black Swan’s special effects that was circulating on the web. In my blog last week I called it a blackout.
Sarah Lane calls it a more polite word: a façade. I asked her if she was expecting to be thanked when she heard Portman reel off 10 or 20 other names during her acceptance speech. Lane said no, because a Fox Searchlight producer had already called to ask her to stop giving interviews until after the Oscars. “They were trying to create this façade that she had become a ballerina in a year and a half," she said. "So I knew they didn’t want to publicize anything about me.”
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Pretty interesting to hear her side. I'm in no way suprised that they covered this up but it bothers me that Portman's awards campaign relied heavily not on acting, but on the idea that she could become a Prima Ballerina in a year and a half. It's offensive to those who dedicated their lives to the art of ballet.
This is sad. She deserves credit for her part that got Natalie her Oscar. Now, I need to find the special effects video.
Did Natalie ever say she did all the work herself or she learned to dance in just a year?! I hope not.
I'm just disappointed that Sarah Lane didn't get any credit in the movie. That's fucked up.
yes, it really is, and it's offensive to the other nominees as well, in a different way :/
give it a fucking rest.
that's how i'm seeing it, at least
my teacher is constantly correcting everyone, even the girls who have been dancing for years