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Almost all actors have made bad choices and good choices during their Hollywood careers. Natalie Portman had her bad days in 2013 when she rejected a role that could have been pivotal to her career back in the day.
The 2013 movie directed by Alfonso Cuaron starred Sandra Bullock in the lead role.Gravitywas hailed as a success but what many people do not know is that before Bullock was finalized, the lead role was rejected by Natalie Portman.
Natalie Portman Rejected A Role Worth More Than Her Net Worth!
Well, it wasn’t technically her fault but she did reject the 2013 movieGravitywhich could have made her more famous than where she is right now. With several complications in the casting of the movie, the role was originally signed by Angelina Jolie.
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Angelina Jolie rejected the role when the movie underwent a studio change and Jolie passed on the script. The role was later offered toNatalie Portman. Portman reportedly rejected the offer to star in the lead role in the movie due to scheduling conflicts that arose. She was not able to give commitments to the director at the time and hence had to reject the script.
After Sandra Bullock was cast in the lead role, the actress earned a whopping $70 million with the movie. The harrowing thing to note was that in 2013, Natalie Portman’s overall net worth was nearly $70 million! The actress lost a paycheck that was almost worth her entire net worth because of scheduling conflicts. The actress is a lot better now since according toCelebrity Net Worth,the actress is currently estimated to have a net worth of $90 million in 2023.
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Natalie Portman’s Husband Benjamin Millepied Allegedly Cheated on Her!
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The rumors were broken by the French outletVoiciwho claimed that an insider revealed the information that Portman’s husband Benjamin Millepied had allegedly cheated on her with a 25-year-old.
“Natalie is incredibly private and has no intention of playing this out in the media. Her biggest priority is protecting her children and their privacy. They have not split and are trying to work things out. Ben is doing everything he can to get Natalie to forgive him. He loves her and their family.”
Although it hasn’t been proven, several photos did feature the duo having some tears between them when they were in public. As for the 2013 movieGravity,it is available to stream on Max.
Source:Collider
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
