"V for Vendetta" has only come to look more prophetic ... And Portman did indeed get shorn for real on camera. 4. Portman worked with McTeigue before, when he was the first AD on "Star Wars ...

There, he plays the morally-questionable hero/terrorist, V. The character wears a mask ... emotions without the audience seeing his face. This was the real issue that plagued Purefoy's time ...