"My take is that I was trying to be a sneaky director and make them argue," the director told Vogue ahead of the film's 15th anniversary

On Aug. 21 and 24, Darren Aronofsky 's ballet–psychological thriller Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, is back in theaters in a newly remastered version playing on Imax screens across the country.

Darren Aronofsky recalled unsuccessfully trying to start a feud between Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis to ramp up the onscreen tension in 'Black Swan': 'They're both very clever and were instantly privy.