http://defamer.com/367758/natalie-portman-...next-short-film


(Of course, judging by the tichel I'd say they're already married, but whatever.)

Looks like a yeshivish woman with a chasidish guy

Wow, the chusid looks 100% authentic.

No way. No self-respecting yeshivish girl would walk out the door without a full face of make-up.

If the shaitel would be cut above the shoulder and some bangs in the front, she might pass. The scarf and raincoat look about right, but doesn't R. Falk have something to say about wearing a bag over the shoulder?

maybe if there were yeshivish girls who looked like Natalie Portman they would

Ooh, that's mean.

I've been told by many a random strangers that I look just like her.

congratulations

And I look like the actor in the picture now that I'm Belz... so we should go out.

w00t! This could be even better than Miriam and Shoshana......

Ooh, too late I am married. Darn.

Who is that Hottie Hotstein guy?

so is Natalie's heroine ;)

Jeanette - i think, R'Falk talks about the bag across the chest (or maybe not him but someone else).

i still don't get the plot they meet on a manhattan street, start chatting and then date and get married?

I never thought I'd notice something like this but she look totally unchssidish. Maybe it's her posture, or the quality of her clothes. Maybe she looks too comfortable smiling at a man.

It's okay. I'm not really Belz...

You just hit the nail on the head

I agree. There's something not-chassidish looking about her.



I agree, he looks like he just walked out of Boro Park. Wow.



Huh? Not the yeshivish people I know. I find that yeshivish people are way more plain than other types of people. Maybe it's just the people I know, though.

She's looking him in the eye. He, however is not. Which is why he's more convincing.

Rumor has it they guy is an authentic guy. He lives in Williamsburg. I won't post a name.

not more plain than chassidish



where did you see that? her head is turned in his direction - yes, but nothing more. she learned her role well

More photos here.

Video

And here I suspected they found a transsexual to play the part - phew!

thanks.
from the comments:



the putting down the shopping bag for him to pick up was cute. i still don't get why she is wearing a scarf on her head and waht exactly they are doing there - having a date? a chassidishe couple??!

*waiting for someone to notice/ comment that she's wearing pants

I love the comments on the page with the clip. The clip itself is kind of weird, like Elana said above, it doesn't quite add up.


I don't think that's her costume, but I'm not 100% sure.

She cant wear pants off-set?

I fugured it wasn't off-set since she was talking to a guy with a kipah.


I disagree

Pants are off set, while not shooting film...look at the film clip, she's wearing a skirt (again, this is all kind of irrelevant) [I was going to joke and ask if this was an attempt at kiruv or something]

Imagine the news story if they would actually fall for each other after this acting stint! Maybe he was willing to risk his shidduch prospects because he was confident he could woo her?

Maybe he's supposed to be portraying her husband and they met up and he carried her packages...is her brother, cousin, etc.

off-set, definitely



well, she is playing a jewish bride-to-be... it's very bizzare, unless they mean "bride" as in the first year of marriage and they are doing before and after the chasunah scenes...

My bad. I meant"authentic chasidish".

The guy could have been more authentic if his beard wasn't chopped and his hat bent. Other then that, he's right on.

ETA: The guy's name is Karpen, a "chusid" from Williamsburg. We shall see what the fallout will be.

Trouble in Paradise..... The guy looks real because he IS frum, and married to boot........ But the OPS mafia seem to have made him an offer he couldn't refuse....

Hasidic actor walks off Portman movie
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/m...tman_movie.html

First he couldn't hold Natalie Portman's hand - and now a Williamsburg Hasidic Jew-turned-actor has to give up his chance to hit it big in a Hollywood movie.

Abe Karpen, 25, a married father of three, was cast as Portman's husband in "New York I Love You," a film composed of 12 short stories about love in the five boroughs.

"I am backing out of the movie," said Karpen, a kitchen cabinet salesman. "It's not acceptable in my community. It's a lot of pressure I am getting. They [the rabbis] didn't like the idea of a Hasidic guy playing in Hollywood.

"I have my kids in religious schools and the rabbi called me over yesterday and said in order for me to keep my kids in the school I have to do what they tell me and back out," Karpen said.

...

"They wanted me to hold her hand, but I said 'no way,'" said Karpen, who proudly stood his ground. "It's against our religion. You can't even hold your wife's hand on the street."

Then came the howls of protest about his unorthodox job.

"This is when I woke up and saw that I made a big mistake. My kids mean everything to me and my community where I live means everything to me," said Karpen, who comes from a prominent Williamsburg, Brooklyn, family.

His longtime friend Levi Okunov said the Karpens had to flee the city for the weekend. "The community wants to kill him," he said.

...

I'm glad I have nothing to do with such a disgusting community

Don't know what everyone sees in Portman anyway.

Um....

...

This is the oddest story I've heard in awhile.

it was very stupid of him to say.

poor guy. yeah, right, "one day i woke up and realized i made a mistake" if not for the community pressure, everything would be fine.



the guy couldn't come up with the worse things??!!

yeah, to become more religious, especially after this.

I don't have peyot, but I'm available for the part. I'm also single and in her age range as well!
Rather sad if he has dropped out of the movie, it'd be nice to see two Jews looking like Jews in a movie.

Eli

I wonder if Menachem is available.

It must be their intolerance that gets so agitated.

Are you sure it's not a PR trick ?

Next up, this guy to play a Chassidish Man in yet another new movie




Let's see if there are any chassidish women takers. And if there is an uproar.

You might be right. Something just doesn't add up. What was the guy's Hava Amina that his Rebbe would be okay with this? Unless he thought nobody would ever find out - but that's shver!




There you go, O Wise One, posting your pic again...

If I looked like that, do you think I'd be hanging out here at 5am?

Classic