Eric Bana: Scarlett & Natalie Love Each Other

Eric Bana said at a news conference yesterday that costars Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman had nothing but love for each other.

Bana, 39, shared, “Why is it that people in the media hate the idea that actors working together is possibly true? I hate to break it to you but actors really do love each other. It’s a crazy job and we put ourselves in vulnerable positions. I don’t care if it sounds corny but it’s true: you’re part of a brotherhood, and protect each other. And they indeed do get along really well.”

Natalie, 25, confirmed: “People keep asking if the rivalry was real but it was the opposite because we just liked each other so much. It was such a rare opportunity to work with an actress my age who I much admire.”

Scarlett, 23, joked, “Natalie was apologizing all the time. She’d say ‘I’m sorry for stealing your baby’ or ‘I’m sorry for that’. I said ‘Don’t worry. Let’s get dinner later’… It was a very healthy competition among all of us to raise the scene to the next level and keep the energy up. It was impressive every day. You can’t be selfish as an actor and say ‘I’m going to do this all for me and I don’t care about the rest of you because my performance is going to be great’. That won’t work. You see how your performance makes their performance better and it means so much to be able to have this kind of a sisterhood with other actors.”

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