It’s approaching 15 years since Black Swan hit cinemas, and in that time many of its iconic sequences have become part of cinema history.

But if there’s one section of the movie that most stands out in our memories, it’s those final moments, where Natalie Portman ’s character triumphantly completes her choreography (despite having been fatally injured backstage moments later) before making her final declaration of: “I felt it. Perfect. It was perfect.”

During a wide-ranging interview with Vogue to commemorate the film’s upcoming anniversary, director Darren Aronofsky made a surprising admission about this line’s origins.

“ It was clear early on that I was working with Natalie,” he explained. “The script was constantly evolving and Natalie was a big part of that. She even wrote

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