Natalie Portman gets her head shaved onscreen in "V for Vendetta" when her character, Evey, is thrown into prison. The scene is intense and terrifying. So what was Portman thinking while she was getting shorn? "I was very focused on being where the character is at that moment, which is in a very traumatic place with this violence being committed against her," she said in an interview. "We only had one shot to do it, because you can't go back and ... more 

Natalie Portman gets her head shaved onscreen in "V for Vendetta" when her character, Evey, is thrown into prison. The scene is intense and terrifying. So what was Portman thinking while she was getting shorn? "I was very focused on being where the character is at that moment, which is in a very traumatic place with this violence being committed against her," she said in an interview. "We only had one shot to do it, because you can't go back and reshave the head." less