Film & TVNewsFilm & TV / NewsRose McGowan regrets her criticism of Natalie Portman and her Oscars dress‘I realise that by critiquing someone personally, I lost sight of the bigger picture’ShareLink copied ✔️February 18, 2020February 18, 2020TextGünseli Yalcinkaya As the ongoing saga between Natalie Portman and Rose McGowan continues, McGowan has announced that she regrets attacking Natalie Portman for her Oscar dress protest, which saw the Black Swan actor wear a Dior couture cape embroidered with the names of the female directors snubbed by the Academy. While McGowan didn’t address Portman personally, she wrote on Twitter: “My critique should’ve been about Hollywood’s ongoing culture of silence. I realise that by critiquing someone personally, I lost sight of the bigger picture,” before adding: “All voices, however, spoken, are valid. Let’s all keep pushing boundaries in whatever way we can, it’s time to get loud.” Portman’s act of subtle protest was put to the test at last week’s Oscars ceremony when McGowan called her a “fraud” and “an actress acting the part of someone who cares” in a scathing Facebook post. Her reasoning was that Portman only speaks about working with women directors, but has only worked with two her entire career, if you count her own directorial debut, A Tale of Love and Darkness. In response to McGowan, Portman released a statement agreeing with the actor-activist that her actions weren’t “brave”, but rather, “brave is a term I more strongly associate with actions like those of the women who have been testifying against Harvey Weinstein the last few weeks, under incredible pressure”. Now that’s all settled, can we put this to rest? My critique should’ve been about Hollywood’s ongoing culture of silence. I realize that by critiquing someone personally, I lost sight of the bigger picture. All voices, however spoken, are valid. Let’s all keep pushing boundaries in whatever way we can, it’s time to get loud.— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) February 17, 2020Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREBen Whishaw on the power of Peter Hujar’s photography: ‘It feels alive’Atropia: An absurdist love story set in a mock Iraqi military villageMeet the new generation of British actors reshaping Hollywood Sentimental Value is a raw study of generational traumaJosh Safdie on Marty Supreme: ‘One dream has to end for another to begin’Animalia: An eerie feminist sci-fi about aliens invading MoroccoThe 20 best films of 2025, rankedWhy Kahlil Joseph’s debut feature film is a must-seeJay Kelly is Noah Baumbach’s surreal, star-studded take on fameWatch: Owen Cooper on Adolescence, Jake Gyllenhaal and Wuthering HeightsOwen Cooper: Adolescent extremesIt Was Just An Accident: A banned filmmaker’s most dangerous work yet