Natalie Portman Insists Women Are Still ‘Expected To Behave’ In A Different Way To Men At Events Like Cannes Film Festival

etcanada.com:

Natalie Portman has called out “the different” ways men and women are still expected to act in society and at events like the Cannes Film Festival.

The “Black Swan” actress promoted her new film “May December” alongside co-stars Julianne Moore and Charles Melton at the French festival on Sunday.

A synopsis for the upcoming flick reads, “20 years after their notorious tabloid romance, a married couple buckle under the pressure when a Hollywood actress meets them to do research for a film about their past.” READ MORE: Natalie Portman Reveals The Unexpected ‘Star Wars’ Prop She Stole From Set And Whether Or Not She’d Return To The Galaxy   Portman — who stars as actress Elizabeth Berry — spoke at a press conference, with her opening up about “the film’s themes of performative femininity,” People reported.

Portman shared, “The whole film is so much about performance and the different roles we play in different environments, for different people, for ourselves, even.” She continued, “This aspect of, even here — the different ways we as women are expected to behave at this festival even compared to men. “How we’re supposed to look, how we’re supposed to carry ourselves. “The expectations are different on you all the time and it affects how you behave, whether you’re buying into it, whether you’re rejecting it or whether you’re doing something in between,” Portman went on. “You’re definitely defined by the social structures upon you.” READ MORE: Natalie Portman Speaks Up About The Downfall Of Time’s Up: ‘I Think A Lot Of People Made Mistakes’ Moore and Melton star as partners Gracie and Joe, who have a 20-year age gap, in the movie.