Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore reveal truth behind 'May December's' plot

Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore have just addressed the controversial speculations related to their new movie May December.

While appearing on the red carpet of the 2024 Golden Globes, both actresses took some time out of their engagements to respond to Vili Fualaau's criticism of their new movie.

As per Entertainment Tonight, the stars insisted that their flick was not in any way “based on” the intricate details of Vili Fualaau’s relationship with his ex-girlfriend and schoolteacher Mary Kay Letourneau.

Portman observed during the short confessional, “It’s not based on them.”

She went on to explain, “Obviously their story influenced the culture that we all grew up in and influenced the idea. But it’s fictional characters that are really brought to life by Julianne Moore and Charles Melton so beautifully.”

The actress maintained, “its own story — it’s not meant to be a biopic.”

Julianne Moore also weighed in on the thought process of Todd Haynes, who is the film’s director, and said that he, “was always very clear when we were working on this movie that this was an original story."

"This was a story about these characters. So that’s how we looked at it too. This was our document. We created these characters from the page,” after which the star resigned from the conversation.