Natalie Portman plays the American first lady in the movie "Jackie". Everything seems to indicate that the paper smells like Oscar.
All the actresses who have played the role of Jackie Kennedy There have been many, as is the well-known case of Tom Cruise's ex-wife, Katie Holmes, who made a miniseries in Canada entitled "The Kennedys", in which she played Jackie. The miniseries aired in Canada and was later rejected by various television channels in the United States.
Portman has confessed not knowing too many details about President Kennedy's wife. What little Portman knew about the first lady was that she was sitting next to her husband the day he was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
In preparing Natalie Portman for this character, she states have viewed many interviews Jackie gave and listened to various recordings, especially those that he gave to several journalists who were his friends.
Interestingly, In these recordings Portman assures that he has discovered different tones of voice in Jackie Kennedy, when he answered the press or was an interlocution for the public, and when it was a recording of his private life. Even his voice seems to be different.
In addition, Portman assures that the character gives her a lot of vertigo. She believes that the public has an already formed image of the President's wife and herself, and it would take a lot to integrate both. She declares herself to be an admirer of the character she has played, in whom she has a great interest, and has discovered a very intelligent, complex, profound and absolutely unique woman.