Natalie Portman herself recently responded to the controversy, although she admits that she didn’t have prior knowledge of Lena being Asian prior to the question.
Starring Natalie Portman, Annihilation is loosely based off the novel of the same name.
After turning the world of TV production on its head, Netflix has set its sights on the world of film.
But the second novel in the trilogy reveals more about the characters, including that Portman’s character Lena is an Asian woman.