Mila Kunis on the PAIN she endured during the filming of Black Swan!  

I lived in a van under a bridge un 23 degee weather whats a birthday no one gave a fuck and best day i sang at seattle opera met my soulmate wife i just made her breakfast. Difference you got 7 figures and trust me mila ingot respects 4 u. 4 languages. I got 4 at least. Your friggin smart. My wife is pretty damn smart and i got a 165 iq. Shes better . Ig i said fuck you meg it would be in respect and love. . . . I do understand that pain. Respects mila

Ballet is not a sport. It's an art.

@@elianea.c.2294 ballet is like gymnastics, it is both an extremely athletic art and a highly artistic sport.

I miss it

​@elianea.c.2294 It's all of the above and than some.

@@elianea.c.2294 You try it and tell us it’s not a sport.

Thank you for a nice comment, I started losing hope for a moment… She’s such a sweet person, and a hard working person. Reading some of the comments is pretty disappointing… I hope she didn’t read them

She would’ve had body doubles has well! I know Natalie Portman did despite the painful training they both went through.

@@Nah-ah No she didn’t(she’s Ukrainian). And Portman did about 90% of everything herself. That’s sad you bring it up. You wouldn’t if you understood where Mila comes from and where the directors family is from. Hes classically trained in Ballet and his paternal grandparents are from Ukraine. Soviet Union and ballet were literally synonymous. The standards there do not compare by any means. Unless you cry, class isn’t finished.

Maria Riccetto ( American Ballet Theatre soloist) was Mila Kunis’ dance double, she was used for distance and difficult footwork shots. Mila Kunis was shown when her upper body and face was visible in shot. It’s a shame she didn’t mention this.

@@meganhuggins7494 “Mila Kunis was showing when her upper body and face was visible”- false. Just like Her costar, she did most of the work, plus, she wasn’t the lead. Body doubles are part of most action, art, athletic films. Ballet takes years and years of work, like one has to be almost born to be one, you can’t train in bone structure, the same with true performance, most aren’t natural at it. I don’t see you going after Tom Cruz or anybody else who use doubles. What’s a shame is that you’re trying to hate on her before you go after those who’s footsteps she’s following in. Interesting

Personally, what I take from Mila’s statement in the interview, I don’t have enough information from Ms. Kunis to say she loved every minute of it. Although, she DID say “And, it was worth every minute.” That statement alone doesn’t tell me she necessarily loved doing it. But, I think she is proud of the fact that she did do the film. I say “Good on Mila! Great job!”

She didn't say she loved every minute of it

Indeed! I still have trauma responses from my years as a ballerina. I loved it, but also, it was physically, and emotionally draining.

So that movie wasn't too far from the truth then. Yikes

do you think it was really worth it? All of the physical and mental/emotionally trauma?

​@@jesse5658as a career ? No highly.competitve only 1% become the greatest. As a hobby ? Yes wony be ptsd and draining.

And to all ballet dancers. Beauty, achieved through hard work, perseverance, and enduring pain to triumph to the other side. Huge respect, but I personally won't even attempt it.

And to the athletes who make it look easy & effortless ❤️❤️

@@dianemoonstone4715 my 12 year old has been told by many little girls that ballet isn’t hard, that any one can do it. Yes, anyone can do it, but not everyone stays. It’s hard work! And if you’re not dedicated then it’s not for you. Much respect to all ballerinas out there!

To the discerning minds, Isn’t The gender inverted hellyweird deceiver sellout, mr kunis merely an ACTOR and can say anything while lying through his teeth and can sound convincing that he was playing the role of a ballerina and not utilizing hellyweird stand-in stunt body double ballerinas, or computer generated graphics were used while filming, allegedly?

@@tilatsiddiqui3969 Funny, you mention discerning minds and then go off on some (insert phobic name) rant. Who hurt you???

The internet is full of random statements I never thought I’d hear.

No they're not

She was slim enough and had the body. Not a lot of A or B list of celebrities that even come close to the ballerina body. Or are willing to do that level of commitment.

They needed the acting chops more than the dancing stuff. Natalie Portman won an oscar for the role and I think Mila kunis was actually nominated. So it was clearly more about acting than dancing.

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that Darren Aronofsky definitely pushed a little to have her in the role. He has an incredible gift of getting the absolute greatest out of his actors, and he loves putting beautiful A-list celebrities through these completely grueling and unconventional, anti-typecast roles. Portman and Kunis in Black Swan, of course, Mickey Rourke in the Wrestler, Brendan Frasier in The Whale, and Ellen Burstyn in Requiem, J-Law in Mother!, are some of the more obvious ones, but think about the smaller roles he casts too. He gets career-best shit out of everyone in his films. Perfect example? Marlon Wayans in Requiem. We don't notice it because the film is extremely visceral, but his performance is fuckin' great! Oscar-worthy, maybe not, but a GOOD god damn acting job. He was perfect for the role, and DA's job as director was to make sure everybody saw it. There are definitely some criticisms about The Whale, but so far, not ONE review says that the acting was so-so.

The ballet instructor who worked on this movie grew up taking lessons from my mother-in-law. My daughter is now with American Ballet Theater. My wife put ballet above all else. I wish them all the best. Ballet destroys more than just bodies.

Yup. Welcome to Hollywood.

She had body doubles who did 90% of the dancing. The level they danced at takes 15+ years to achieve. 280 hrs is not even 4% of the way to the dancing you see in the movie. They did get training, but it is very obvious as a ballet dancer, they're not very good dancers (as in seeing the close ups of like the head to waist, all body shots were basically professionals). The fact they taking credit for all the dancing is defeating the whole purpose of the movie in the first place, and has added to ballet being ridiculed and underappreciated, bc now people think actors can dance like that within 280 hrs. When as a ballet dancer, in that amount of time, you can probably only learn the really basic things that I learnt at like 6.

Even professional athletes get an off season, but not dancers.

you really described what life was like for me as a young ballet dancer. even if i wasn't dancing professionally, it was all way too serious. when i was 12 i was rehearsing for the end of year spectacle and while running backstage to get changed for the next act i stepped on a 12 cm thick rusty nail. only a couple of centimeters penetrated, the mom of a friend was a doctor and removed it from and i performed on stage that same night for a 4 hours long spectacle en pointe.

While performing with American Ballet Theater, my daughter’s left shoulder came out of joint just before stepping onstage. She danced across stage the best she could and passed out from the pain as she stepped off as discreetly as possible. She woke up with Kevin McKenzie and Misti Copeland standing over her, both asking if she was okay. “Please don’t send me home! I can still dance.” “You stay there. There’s an ambulance on its way.” Surgery and physical therapy helped her get back quickly. My daughter is as tough as any pro-footballer.

.......except.......she has NFI of the world you've described.....despite her superficial brush with it...dancing en pointe requires more than a few weeks "discipline" and a "mind over matter" approach. WHO KNEW?!?!?................ffs #sorrynotsorry

Yeah the reason why athletes get taken away when they’re hurt is because if they can’t beat their opposition that is actively working against them, they are a liability. No one wants them out there limping around proving how tough they are if they can’t win with them doing that.

I saw her & Ashton in a local store, in my tiny city... She wasn't wearing makeup, so she looked fairly "normal" (still pretty but not stunning) but what struck me was how absolutely tiny she is! Not in an unhealthy way, she is just much more slender than I would have expected.

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100% agree

Her character didn’t have much range.

She’s to white

@@LittleRedMoon16I’ll give you that, but people have gotten nominated for Oscars even though they are not even in the movie for less than 10 minutes.

@@scottibrown3274 example?

Danny Masterson has left the chat.

@@colonelkurtz2269who’s that

Check her out without makeup

Yeah plastic surgery will do that

@@margicates553 don't be jealous. She looks exactly the same as when she was young. EXACTLY! The most perfect.

@@deputyvanhalen6386 I did...she's still a goddess!

absolutely

Nah, she just seemed to me like it was an emotional experience. As she said, it was all totally worth it in the end. She sounds very proud of the work she did, as she should.

Right? 4 months on toe means she could tolerate a pirouette, plie and releve and maybe changement?

Yes. That's the strange part of why they used actors instead of dancers. You can't just pretend/act to dance. 🤷‍♂️

Hollywood trainers are ridiculous. Training people for 4 months without a break? And the nutrition that those actors talk about.

she lost a lot of weight as well

BINGO!!

You thought that, because that wasn't her and it was actually a body double who did 90% of the dancing

Millions to play make believe

No she didn’t. It was a small budget film where all the actors took a pay cut. That’s kinda how independent films work.

Sarah Lane in her name!😢

@@ChrissyJijon thank you. She’s amazing.

It literally contradicted the whole point of the movie, and resulted in the difficulty of ballet being underappreciated even more :((

"that Star Wars chick" 🤦

​@@heroclix0rz you knew who they were talking about tho

​@@alfie69420 yeah Princess Leah!🙄

she has a double doctorate if I'm not mistaken, and her name is Natalie Portman.

@@yikes7963 and she recognises that the Zionist Israel is "RACIST" and "DISGUSTING". THAT IS NO DIG AT JEWS AT ALL. ALL RACISM IS BAD.

Yeah but not everybody is a double or triple threat. You can either act or dance or sing that is rare when you find all three. She can dance and act. If they would have got real dancers no way they could have acted out the intense scenes and be willing to do that one other scene wink wink.

its really hard to find a dancer whos a good actor

Stunt doubles, I think is the word

more humane but somehow less impressive.

​@@jacoblape people expect them to be professional ballerinas, who are also mazing actors and can paly these demanding roles. It's not realistic to find multiple beauty young women who can do everything to a level near perfection.

Amen to that. But personally? I'm a Mila Kunis LOVAHHH!!! (OR AT LEAST I'D LIKE TO BE!!!) ;) 😉😛

those are both opinions of yours, neither fact. go get a dictionary and learn what fact means

@@silverblood3334 when I say it’s a fact ….. it’s indeed a fact go fuck your dictionary

Hmm. Javier? Sounds like the type of name to be a friend of Black Juan. Exploiting white woman is not right. Its not even righy to exploit pygmies or Eskimos these days. She'll never wear pointy shoes again!!!!# The horror. The horror.

she was not "required" to do it for 4 months, she chose to do it because she is dedicated to her career. if she wanted a less strenuous routine she would have gotten one.

@@queengoblin so are you saying the production was willing to give her a longer time period to prepare? Cool!

I mean majority of the dancing isn't even her or Natalie. They had some amazing body doubles. It takes 15yrs+ to dance like that. Plus as a ballet dancer, it's pretty obv they're not dancers

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english please?

Dancing is meant to be fun. Did you hear about that twitch dancer the guy that used to host with Ellen

​​@@jacoblapei mean we're talking abt ballet here. It is fun, but you go through excruciating pain, I know many ballet dancers personally, who at ages 15 were already having hip replacements. No one understands, not even us why we call ballet fun, when it's literally the most painful thing ever lmao. I love it because of the deep connection you develop with music, and the expression, and as a perfectionist it is the best thing for me, but omg is it extremely difficult. People underappreciate the difficulty, we train hours/days/months/years to make it look effortless.

This ain’t her account ?

I’d more call it passion

I mean majority of the dancing wasn't her or Natalie, but I can definitely agree with this statement

Who said she couldn’t handle it? You? Who are you? She did handle it, in the excruciatingly 280 hours of practice that she did! So she did handle it you low life piece of trash! 🤬🤬🤬

Eileen has low self esteem & has to put others down for herself to feel better. A sad case of a human really. Anyone who says that Mila couldn’t handle her role in Black Swan has NO brain cells in their minuscule brain & doesn’t use toilet paper to wipe their own big carcass!

Fell off a curb

Yeah cuz ballerinas are freaking insane that's why this movie is built on mental illness

She earned every red cent they paid her & probably should’ve paid her even more! Great job Mila, you outdid yourself on this role!

She is perfection and all natural,

One requires a physicality the other require emotion. Harder to teach someone empathy and charisma vs to dance and do this move. Pop Lock and drop It versus the motivation of why am I pop locking and dropping it.

I mean ballet dancers are actors. However professional dancers literally did 90% of the dancing. As someone who has done ballet for majority of my life, it is really easy ro tell they can't really dance. The steps in the movie are things ballet dancers train 15+ yrs to even start learning. Ballet is extremely difficult and them taking credit for the dancing just defeats the whole purpose of thid movie

Facts

She earned every single red cent they paid her for it too! She gave her blood for the role of a lifetime, so well paid & deserved!

Not just me then😏

It’s okay, not everyone can have good taste 🤷🏻‍♀️

five hours a day of BALLET training, 7 days a week. This doesn't include rehearsals, fittings, the actual shooting of the film, plus adrs, plus all the hours she must have put into learning dialogues/investigating the lives of professional ballet dancers and getting into character and then the press tour. Diminising her hard work just because it's different to most people's 9 to 5 is LOSER behavior but go off mypotato bitter queeeeeen !!! keep potatoing on the internet !! u're clearly doing so much better than silly little Mila lmfaooo

@@sofiwheeler8624 sofi, go roof a house. Then talk.

She’s far from stupid, she made sacrifices & she doesn’t deserve that!

@@susansuarez343 Sorry but it is absolutely stupid to make a sacrifice that will permanently injure you. Even smart people can make stupid decisions sometimes and that was a stupid decision.

Self care, good luck

Well that’s because he thought you were a toilet & wanted to drop a log on you after he peed on you! He fooled you & knew exactly where he was & it was you that was confused so take responsibility for your actions.

@@susansuarez343 i like you

@@Luke-zv6bb thanks brotha you too

@@Zarav6 ditto!