Natalie Portman may have won an Oscar for her wrenching work as a ballerina in Black Swan. But did you realize that the film was originally a vehicle for New York comedian Todd Barry? Barry was Mickey Rourke's mean boss in The Wrestler, and Darren Aronofsky reveals in this video that he wanted to spin off that character into a new film, The Deli Manager:
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