“After directing “The Wrestler” I was kind of sick of men smelling like Ben-Gay around me all the time,” recalled Darren Aronofsky, director of last year’s Oscar-nominated paean to broken-down fighters.
His latest film, “Black Swan” takes place in the world of ballet. “So I was kind of excited about working with some of these incredibly light, floating, artistic women.”
Aronofsky and his “Swan” cast — including Natalie Portman, Barbara Hershey and Mila Kunis — spoke to a packed house at TheWrap’s Tuesday night screening of the Oscar hopeful at the ArcLight Sherman Oaks.
On hand as always was TheWrap Editor-in-Chief, Sharon Waxman, who opened the Q&A with a moment of silence for friend and colleague veteran publicist Ronni Chasen, who was mysteriously gunned down Monday night in Beverly Hills.