Natalie Portman, by Tom Hiddleston

Here she is. The sublime Natalie Portman: Dior muse, Harvard scholar, acclaimed actress and ELLE Novermber 2013 cover star. Looking, predictably, perfect in Versace.

In a stroke of genius (if we do say so ourselves), her Thor co-star Tom Hiddleston interviewed her for ELLE. A more benign experience than actually working with her, it seems, as he described their fight scene together: 'Natalie has a neat right hook. I know this because the first time we shared screen time, she punched me in the face.'

As a little teaser of what is to come, here are some of the highlights. And a video of the shoot. The issue is on sale on NOW - go get it!

Natalie on falling in and out of love on a whim:

'I see it a lot – this romantic view of the world where you fall in and out of love on a whim. It ignores the depth of trying to know another human being and respect them and love them, and puts in its place the excitement of an immediate intimacy. But really knowing some? That is such an opportunity.'

Natalie on feminism:

'I want every version of a woman and a man to be possible. I want women and men to be able to be full-time parents or full-time working people or any combination of the two. I want both to be able to do whatever they want sexually withou