Darren Aronofsky is not the master manipulator he thinks he is. In the Black Swan 15-year anniversary discussion for Vogue , the director reminisced with Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis about how he tried — and failed — to do some Mean Girls pot-stirring shit. “I was trying to be a sneaky director and make them argue,” he said. Mila and Natalie both realized very quickly what I was doing and made fun of me, so it quickly became a joke that we all understood. They’re both very clever and were instantly privy to whatever trick I was playing.”

Aronofsky tried to do some enforced method acting by starting a feud between Portman and Kunis. But Portman and Kunis were already very good friends. In fact, Portman was the one who suggested Kunis for the role of up-and-coming ballerina L

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