Natalie Portman has described how she built “fortresses” to protect herself after being sexualised by the media as a teenager.
“Being sexualised as a child, I think, took away from my own sexuality because it made me afraid,” she said.
Appearing on the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard podcast, Portman admitted that playing these roles led her to be painted in the media as a “Lolita figure”.
“I realise I consciously cultivated that because it was a way to make me feel safe,” she said.