Article: Natalie holds no lasting grudges; Alison Jones meets the quietly political Natalie Portman.(Features)

Call us (journalists) shallow but one of the most politically aware young actresses stars in a film that has huge resonances in the current global situation and all anyone wants to ask her about is her hair.

To be fair it is not entirely without merit given that the scene where 24-year-old Natalie Portman has her hair brutally shorn is a pivotal moment in V for Vendetta when, while being tortured to reveal information, it actually fires her activism.

It was also a one take shot as Natalie had agreed to be given her convict cut for real. Once it was shaved it ...

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