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NZ Herald
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Scarlett Johansson unveils her newest role at Cannes: Filmmaker
The star came across the script for Eleanor the Great, already starring June Squibb, and instantly realised, 'I know how to make it.' Now she wants to direct again. Few movie stars today win over critics and convey Old Hollywood glamour as effortlessly as Scarlett Johansson does, all while seemingly
Evening Standard
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Evening Standard
Scarlett Johansson and Harris Dickinson's Cannes directorial debuts, unpacked
Cannes 2025 is done, and two of its most talked about feature film debuts didn't come from unknowns. They came from familiar faces. Scarlett Johansson and Harris Dickinson, pictured above, both featured in Un Certain Regard – the strand known for championing bold new voices. Their films Eleanor the Great, a New York-set character study by Johansson, and Urchin, Dickinson's walk on the margins of London. Both sparked immediate curiosity – not only about the stories, but also about the kind of directors these two stars might be.
Pink Villa
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
Scarlett Johansson Felt ‘Cagey' While Working With Enormous Marvel Cast? Avengers Actress Says ‘Your Identity is Wrapped'
Scarlett Johansson portrayed the role of Natasha Romanoff in 9 Marvel films over the years and has left a lasting impact on fans, who will miss her in the upcoming Avengers films. The actress sat down for a conversation with Interview Magazine, where she revealed that she felt 'cagey' working alongside the enormous cast. Johansson marked her last Marvel appearance in Avengers: Endgame, which was released in 2019. Apart from the actress, Chris Evans also left the MCU following the final movie of Phase 3. Scarlett Johansson reveals feeling cagey while starring alongside Avengers cast Speaking to the media portal, Scarlett Johansson shared that she felt like her identity was under wraps while starring alongside the Marvel cast. The actress explained, "Some of the films that I did for Marvel engaged my character more than others. Like in Captain America: The Winter Soldier with Chris (Evans), we were really dynamic.' The Lost in Translation star further stated, "In some of the other films, the cast was so enormous and there was so much plot to serve that you start to feel like you're a device to move it along. And if you're committed to five and a half months of that, it's like, 'Okay. I can't paint my nails; I can't get a haircut.'' The actress also added that those were just some silly problems, 'but your identity is wrapped up in this job for a long time, and if you're not doing engaging work as an actor, you feel a little cagey sometimes." As for her new projects, Scarlett Johansson was praised for her directorial debut, Eleanor the Great, at the Cannes Film Festival. Moreover, the actress is set to return to the screens with Jurassic World Rebirth, alongside Jonathan Bailey. The movie will be released on July 4.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Scarlett Johansson reflects on past 'challenges' of dating non-actors
Scarlett Johansson has reflected on some of the "challenges" she experienced when dating men who worked outside of Hollywood in the past. In a conversation with David Harbour for Interview magazine published on Tuesday, the Marvel movie co-stars discussed how they found it difficult to maintain relationships with "normal people" when they were younger. In particular, Scarlett recalled how some of her previous partners became "jealous" as a result of the "intimate" connections formed between actors on film sets. "I also think it's easy to create a lot of jealousy when a person is not involved in the industry, because actors by nature are very free-spirited and they create very intimate relationships with people at work," she said. "They can be loyal to a partner and also very engaged in all these other kinds of relationships, and I think it can be a blurry line for some people. Also, to have a relationship with the public can be a complicated thing for people outside of the industry to understand." Scarlett has been married three times. She was wed to Ryan Reynolds from 2008 until 2011 and to Romain Dauriac from 2014 until 2017, with whom she shares a 10-year-old daughter named Rose. The Lost in Translation actress also has a three-year-old son, Cosmo, with current husband Colin Jost. Elsewhere in the conversation, Scarlett noted that she prefers to be on her own when she is preparing to shoot a film. "When I'm working, and you're probably like this too, I'm pretty hermetic. If I'm in a town, I like to go to the little restaurant and movie theatre, but I don't like a lot of variation. I like things to be, I don't want to say rigorous, but you want a routine," the 40-year-old added. Most recently, Scarlett has been promoting her directorial debut, Eleanor the Great.
Gulf Today
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Gulf Today
Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson discusses the road ahead in acting
Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson said she remains committed to acting in projects she'd personally enjoy watching, even as she makes her directorial debut with the new drama film 'Eleanor the Great.' The 40-year-old actress stepped behind the camera for the first time on the drama film which follows 94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein who moves to New York after years living with her late best friend many States away to live with her daughter and forms an unlikely friendship with a 19-year-old journalism student. Johansson will be seen on screen in the upcoming film 'Jurassic World Rebirth' as covert operative Zora Bennett and, although she found directing to be creatively rewarding, she still is up for roles in the right movies, reports The actress specifically wants to star in films that have the potential to attract audiences to the cinema. In an interview with Collider, she said: 'My intention is to work on projects I would go and see, whether they're like 'Jurassic World' or this film. 'The commerciality of things is also important to me, too. Would audiences want to see this, too? Is this generally interesting? Those are things I look for and focus on and care about. So, we'll see, I guess. I'm certainly still an actor for hire — I want that to be widely printed.' Johansson screened 'Eleanor the Great' at the Cannes Film Festival and she has said she shed many tears when directing on set because of the movie's emotional story. The 'Black Widow' star hopes the film will have the same effect on audiences as she learned long ago that it is a powerful thing to be able to cry over a movie in public. Scarlett said: 'The script made me cry, and so I knew there would be potential for tears, of course. Then, to cut it together - I've seen it a bajillion times, and it still makes me cry. It touches me in different moments. I love to cry in movies. When I was younger, I was a teenager, I used to stop myself from crying, and it was so painful. I think the greatest physical pain is holding in a cry. It hurts so much. Then, at some point in my life, I was like, 'What am I doing? I'm just going to let loose and cry in this theatre.' It was so liberating. 'It feels so good to cry in a theatre with a whole bunch of people.' For Scarlett, humour is a huge part of her life, and said that she couldn't imagine 'being with somebody who wasn't funny'. The Hollywood star, who is married to comedian Colin Jost, told Collider: 'My husband's a comedy writer, and I couldn't imagine ever being with somebody who wasn't funny. I grew up in a very funny household.' Indo-Asian News Service
