S3 • E19 Mar 1, 2011
These stars saw their lives change when they played a tortured artist. Natalie Portman wowed the critics and Oscar when she spent a year training in ballet to take the lead in "Black Swan." Joaquin Phoenix channeled the pain and power of the man in black when he played Johnny Cash in "Walk the Line." And in "American Splendor" Paul Giamatti had a break out role, playing bitter comic book writer Harvey Pekar.
