Natalie Portman strips for Closer, yet maintains mystery

Natalie Portman - whose poise and talent often make her seem older than her years - has finally come into her own as an adult actress. Based on the award-winning play by Patrick Marber, Closer revolves around the lives of four strangers who meet, love, betray and ultimately ruin each other while seeking intimacy. Despite playing a stripper in the film, the 23-year-old Star Wars prequel actress insists that she doesn’t feel fully mature. “I don’t really feel like an adult yet myself, so I don’t really think I can play adults. I think it’s always a proportion, adult to child within you, and even when you’re 85 you’re still going to have that proportion,” explains Portman. “It changes with mood and with time. It’s an arbitrary distinction between adult and child.”