Scarlett Johansson: “My stunning body could destroy me”

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Scarlett Johansson was by far the most anticipated diva of the last Cannes Film Festival, where she presented her latest work as the title character:asteroid cityby Wes Anderson presented at the Croisette competition and will be released in theaters from 14 September. A film made after a 4-year absence from the American actress, who last starred in 2019’s Marriage Story by Noah Baumbach. The long period also amounted to reflections on her past and future as a woman and actress.

“My body-bomb threatened to destroy me”

In an interview with Valeria Vignali about the S appEtta Corriere della SeraThe 38-year-old actress admitted: “My body is a bomb there was a danger of ruining me. The best films eluded me, all the roles of Marilyn Monroe came, I didn’t want them.” The straw that broke the camel’s back was two films: Iron Man 2, caught on the fly only after Emily Blunt’s refusal, and Gravity. “, in which Sandra Bullock preferred them. “I felt trapped in a cliché that was very difficult to get out of,” continued Scarlett Joansson. – In 2009, I made films like The Truth Is He Doesn’t Like You Enough, which fueled this type of storytelling. offered all possible roles based on Marilyn Monroe, which I categorically did not want. the end point of creativity? Is this job right for me?’…” So the actress decided to shed her skin so much that for the role of Marvel’s Black Widow, she went through “military training and an intermittent diet, fasting for months at 12 hours a day with peaks of 14-15 at some points filming.”

Separate personal and professional life

Johansson’s story goes beyond her professional life. There is the joy of the birth of a son Cosmo, which occurred shortly after court case with Disney

then ended with an agreement and, above all, a desire not to confuse life
private and professional. “Two things that I strictly share in public. No social media, not even to promote my beauty line, and it doesn’t matter if my choice is different from the choice of others. I feel like I can interact with the public and be more true to myself without posting pictures of a homemade breakfast.”

Private life

Scarlett got married in 2020. Colin Jost, third husband after her divorce in 2011 from Ryan Reynolds and in 2017 from French journalist Romain Dauriac, with whom she had her first daughter, Rose. The second time she became a mother in 2021, when Cosmo was born.

CAREER

Johansson made his film debut when he was only ten years old. Parents wanted (1994) and has since starred in works of a wide variety of genres, from blockbusters to arthouse films. Among the most prestigious awards, the actress has collected five nominations To golden globe, four for the BAFTA awards and two at the Oscars in 2020, for the first time as Best Leading Actress For Marriage historya film directed by Noah Baumbach and Adam Driver about the separation of a couple and the consequences for their child, and the second as Best Supporting Actress For jojo rabbitdirected by Takika Waititi, where she plays an anti-Nazi mother in Nazi Germany.