Dustin Hoffman, too close for comfort
By Spirit FingersEver the polished and graceful interviewee, Natalie Portman had nothing but gushing praise for Dustin Hoffman who co-starred with her in Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium:
“I love him,” Portman says. “He’s just so warm, and he really just sort takes you into his heart in such a sincere way. He’s also really sort of wild as an actor. I mean he’s very playful and improvises a lot. It’s pretty amazing to get to be around because it makes everything very spontaneous.”
This is totally believable because it takes plenty of spontaneity and improvisation to play an eccentric 243-year-old owner of a magical toy shop.
But tell me Natalie, doesn’t it get tiring pretty quickly when Dustin suddenly decides to switch characters and take on the role of a creepy distant uncle at a Thanksgiving get together?

