Author Mark Harris released a book about the famous director "Mike Nichols: Life", where he told about the legacy of the director, who died in 2014 at the age of 83. The publication includes the memories of Natalie Portman about working with Nichols. For the first time she was on his platform, when she was only 19 years old. According to Natalie, the director was "the only elderly person who instructed her, but there was never anything terrible."
"I think he was a real feminist. He saw only a creative, interesting, talented man in you, "the actress emphasized, adding that this quality was inherent only to a small circle of producers.
At first, Portman worked with the director in the formulation of "Seagulls" together with the cult actors Meryl Strip and Philipse Seymour Hoffman. Harris in the book argues that young actress was afraid to speak among such famous performers, but Nichols made her feel confident in talent.
Later they reunited for the filming of "intimacy" in 2004. This role brought Portman her first nomination for Oscar. According to the story, the actress was to be filmed in a spicy scene in the strip club, and the director had attached a maximum effort to Natalie felt comfortable.