Natalie Portman takes a serious-looking phone call as she steps out in Sydney ahead of filming Thor: Love And Thunder
Natalie Portman is enjoying spending downtime with her family in Australia ahead of filmingThor: Love And Thunder.
But the actress, 39, was seen looking less-than-impressed as she stepped out in Sydney’s eastern suburbs on Sunday.
The Hollywood superstar was spotted visiting a local eatery with her husband Benjamin Millepied and children Aleph, nine, and Amalia, three, when she excused herself to chat on the phone.
Serious: Natalie Portman, 39, (pictured) was spotted taking a serious-looking phone call as she stepped out in Sydney on Sunday, ahead of filming Thor: Love And Thunder
Natalie was seen furrowing her brow as she engaged in what appeared to be a serious-looking conversation.
Doing her best to fly under the radar, Natalie wore an all-black outfit consisting of a cap sleeve T-shirt, high-waisted jeans and sunglasses.
She swept her brunette locks into a low bun and painted her nails a bright red shade, while opting to go makeup-free.
![Low-key: The Hollywood superstar was spotted visiting a local eatery with her husband Benjamin Millepied and children Aleph, nine, and Amalia, three, when she excused herself to chat on the phone](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/11/16/04/35719132-8952655-image-m-75_1605502184556.jpg)
Low-key: The Hollywood superstar was spotted visiting a local eatery with her husband Benjamin Millepied and children Aleph, nine, and Amalia, three, when she excused herself to chat on the phone
Her look was completed with a pair of white sneakers tied up with rainbow-coloured laces.
It comes as Natalie prepares to begin filming Thor: Love And Thunder with Chris Hemsworth.
The flick will see Natalie’s character, astrophysicist Jane Foster, take up the mantle of Thor after transforming into a female version of the Norse god.
![Understated: Doing her best to fly under the radar, Natalie wore an all-black outfit consisting of a cap sleeve T-shirt, high-waisted jeans and sunglasses](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/11/16/04/35719136-8952655-image-m-74_1605502061235.jpg)
Understated: Doing her best to fly under the radar, Natalie wore an all-black outfit consisting of a cap sleeve T-shirt, high-waisted jeans and sunglasses
![Pop of purple: At one stage, Natalie was spotted holding a bright purple handbag](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/11/16/04/35719134-8952655-image-m-73_1605502032206.jpg)
Pop of purple: At one stage, Natalie was spotted holding a bright purple handbag
‘It’s going to be really silly and funny and great,’ Natalie recently said of the project.
Explaining how she was approached for the film , she told Entertainment Tonight last year: ‘They came to me with the idea and said, ‘We have this idea for you that was a storyline in some of the comics where Jane becomes Lady Thor,’ and I was like, ‘This is very exciting!”
Natalie appeared in 2011’s Thor and the 2013 sequel Thor: The Dark World alongside Chris Hemsworth, but skipped 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok.
![Rainbow styling! Her look was completed with a pair of white sneakers tied up with rainbow-coloured laces](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/11/16/04/35719296-8952655-image-m-80_1605502788782.jpg)
Rainbow styling! Her look was completed with a pair of white sneakers tied up with rainbow-coloured laces
While fans speculated about a schism between Portman and the MCU, her absence was purely plot-driven.
Explaining the situation in the same Entertainment Tonight interview, she said: ‘Obviously, I wasn’t written into [Thor: Ragnarok] because of where it took place’
‘It wasn’t really on Earth, and my character is on Earth,’ she explained.
![Effortlessly glamorous: Natalie swept her brunette locks into a low bun and painted her nails a bright red shade, while opting to go makeup-free](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/11/16/04/35719138-8952655-image-a-71_1605501989421.jpg)
Effortlessly glamorous: Natalie swept her brunette locks into a low bun and painted her nails a bright red shade, while opting to go makeup-free