That's why it's called a SECRET society
Natalie Portman probably has a price on her head, all thanks to The SocialNetwork
- "The Social Network"
- Aaron Sorkin, screenwriter
- Natalie PortmanPhoto by Carlo Allegri/AP
Aaron Sorkin, screenwriter for The Social Network, which delves into the beginnings of Facebook and the Harvard final clubs it was modeled on, opened his big mouth this week and threw his informant to the wolves.
Sorkin told a group of Harvard students at an early screening that Natalie Portman, a Harvard grad who studied at the Ivy League university from 1999 to 2003, had dated a member of the famed Porcellian Club and Portman invited him to dinner to dish for his research. Clubs like the Porcellian served as inspiration to Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg — the focus of The Social Network.
It's a cute anecdote and all, but those all-male, ultra exclusive and still-more secretive Harvard final clubs are secretive for a reason, and probably don't take kindly to their secrets being revealed, much less being made into mainstream movie fodder.
If anyone lays a hand on our Hershlag, we'll know who to blame.