Like Bardem, Portman knows how to play scary, as in Black Swan, which sees her troubled protagonist pushed to the extremes of her humanity, both emotionally and physically.
Portman has shown incredible range ever since her 1994 debut in Léon: The Professional, and if cast she could deliver the multi-faceted performance that would put her alongside such Bond villain titans as Javier Bardem’s Raoul Silva. And it’s that dark side that could make her a stellar Bond villain. Although Natalie Portman is perhaps best known for playing soft-spoken heroes with a hidden ferocity just waiting to be unleashed, she’s also quite good at showing us the underlying darkness buried beneath the surface of her characters.
