Inherently, May December is very dramatic, however, throughout the film, you can’t help but laugh at how ridiculous the situation is. This project on the 2023 movie schedule is a dark comedy all about an actress, played by Natalie Portman, going to spend time with a woman she’s going to play in a TV movie. Things get really intense as Portman’s character gets really into her role, and while speaking with CinemaBlend, the Oscar winner explained the humorous process of playing Elizabeth, and why acting can be “completely absurd” at times.
While Natalie Portman’s character Elizabeth takes her job as an actress very seriously, the real actress behind her finds the process quite humorous. While speaking with CinemaBlend’s Sean O’Connell during an interview about May December, she laughed about her character’s show “Norah’s Ark,” and opened up about nodding to the "silliness" of this job. She said:
