I was at the fabulous Dover Castle today were I spoke to the English Heritage staff, there were giving me the own down on We have not seen Scarlett yet but watched Natalie Portman and Eric Bana do a scene together which was wonderful.”
All the staff at English Heritage have been looking out for Scarlett and Natalie Portman. The scene filmed there is where Anne is imprisoned in the tower (Dover Castle’s Keep looks very similar to the Tower of London in the stonework and is easier for filming) as well as her execution. I asked him how the cast were and first thing he blurted out was what a total ‘long-faced cow’ Scarlett J. was. I was quite taken a back as the strength of these feelings as he has been there for years and not too into the celebrity thing. She apparently insisted on having at least 4 women accompany her to the toilet, insisted on 2 blankets covering her shoulders between takes in the outside scenes (whilst all the other cast and extras were happy to freeze their asses off!) and basically was very unfriendly to the point of rudeness. The volunteer on duty during the filming had a more intimate encounter with one of the actresses on the day.
He said: “I was in the restroom which is next to the toilet and Natalie Portman came in with a minder wearing her voluminous, corseted, costume.
“She disappeared inside and when she came out I said I bet that was difficult’ and she threw back her head and laughed out loud. He said also Natalie Portman was a fine sort and he gathered from the staff and other extras during smoke breaks she was the most popular of the 2, and that Scarlett was rather ‘hated’ on set. The execution scene (most pivotal of course) took ages to film; they redid it countless times I was told.
