10 Actors Who Had To Get Drunk To Shoot Their Movies

6. Natalie Portman & Mila Kunis - Black Swan (2010)

Mila Kunis Natalie Portman Black Swan
Fox Searchlight Pictures

Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky claimed that Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis had to share a bottle of tequila to loosen their nerves before their intense, much-talked about sex scene in Black Swan. Kunis later denied that drinks were had before filming, but in addition to the director's own words, someone else on-set told The Hollywood Reporter that the pair were definitely "in their cups" during the scene. Cheers to them!

So whereas this one is a little less "official" than the other entries on the list, it's likely that Kunis simply refused to admit that there was intoxication at hand in order to sound professional. It's more than possible, of course, that some wires were crossed in the re-telling of these events, and that Kunis and Portman were sober as judges... and yet it's way more fun to imagine the pair were near-on hammered. So we will.

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