Magazine Madness: ELLE UK November 2013, Natalie Portman by Tom Hiddleston

ELLE UK November 2013

What happens when one British hotshot interviews an Oscar winner? They talk sexism and punching faces, of course.

I adore the revision of ELLE UK since this February, the layout, the colours, the fashion campaign and the twitter mania, are the pleasure of visual satisfaction. Though, beyond my dissatisfaction of the cover girls presenting, from Rihanna to Cyrus, none of them being qualified enough for permanent collection value.

Fortunately, ELLE UK November issue exhibits this multi-profession heroine, she was a Lolita-like killer, a hear-broken lover, a sensual seducer, a cleaver scientist, a perfectionist ballerina or twice a Queen. Natalie Portman, both elegantly beautiful and brilliantly intellectual, interviewed by a God she punched so hard in Thor: The Dark World, at a Middle Eastern restaurant in California.

For the first few paragraphs, they are Tom Hiddleston’s monologue and memory: on his encountering with Natalie, on the shooting of Thor before Christmas, on how he got stuck in car for 3 hours in order to chat with this Oscar Best Actress and those abundant meals and drinks that Natalie ordered for him. Entering the Q&A sessions, we readers realise that Natalie’s admirable directors are Mike Nichols (Closer) and Terrence Malick; the enjoyment of being a mum; sexism, racism and ageism make her angry; Berlin, Madrid, Santa Fe and Tunisia are her unforgettable shooting locations, and of course, punching Tom in Thor is feeling so good.

Under the lens of Chinese photographer Feng Zhikai, Natalie Portman portraits Rodarte embroidered silk jumpsuit in rarely sexually, and not surprisingly, which, wins on the subscriber cover.

Photography: www.elle.uk