Even for the smartest and most talented actors, there are far more ways for a movie to fall short than succeed, so it’s a rare moment when project after project clicks seamlessly into place. Right now, Scarlett Johansson is clearly having such a moment. Earlier in the year, she played a pivotal role in what has become the highest-grossing movie of all time worldwide, Avengers: Endgame, and filming has just wrapped for the standalone movie about her character, Black Widow, scheduled for release in May. Meanwhile, her performances in two recent, smaller-scale movies, the searing relationship drama Marriage Story and the extraordinary, off-kilter Nazi-era comedy Jojo Rabbit, are drawing sustained acclaim; for the former she is widely considered a contender for best actress.
All of which seems to leave Johansson quietly proud, but also uneasy.
“I worked really hard for a really long time…So maybe this is the result of that.” There’s a carefulness about Johansson as she says this, not the kind that implies insecurity or a lack of self-belief, more that she is used to being someone for whom it is almost always too soon to really celebrate. “I definitely am the type of person who’s always waiting for the other shoe to drop,” she reflects. “But I’m learning to change that habit.”
~ Chris Heath, Best-Actress Contender Scarlett Johansson on Movies, Marriages, and Controversies (Vanity Fair, Nov 26, 2019)
Photographs of Scarlett Johannson by Andy Gotts
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I never heard of her, nor any of the movies she was in. Are you playing a joke on your readers or am I living a sheltered existence down here in South Carolina?
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You have got to be kidding. Do you have cable in SC?
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Cable? Is that how I log into my MySpace account?
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STILL laughing!
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Ray, has “Gone With The Wind” shown in theaters in SC yet?
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Nope… everyone in the South has their own copy on Betamax.
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Na, that’s the one to start your (smoothie) mixer 😉
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Ray, you’re kidding! You have got to be kidding.
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Sawsan, please leave the poor man alone.
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I’m leaving him alone 🙂
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Ray, Ray, I love for that comment! You are ‘my’ kind of guy – and I think it’s far worthier to look after your grandkid(s) than being up to date with film stars. You and me, we both seem often to live under a stone, but hey, they are the stones of wisdom not boredom! 🙂
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I disdain their sense of self-importance. (I’m sure there are some not guilty, but I don’t have the time to separate the wheat from the chaff.) With your comment, I know I’m with good company. 👍
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I loved her in Vicky Christina Barcelona.
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She was amazing in that flick. Agree!
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Loved her since Lost in Translation!
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Oldie!
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I’m an oldie!
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Just your thinking. Nothing else.
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LAUGHING…
My thinking?
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Hey D., what are you on this morning? First Ray, then Sawsan, I’m sure I’m gonna be next…. 😉
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You know he’s right, Sawsan…
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Yep. You did omit one word after “right”. “…right (again), Sawsan.”
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My bad…
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You’re always right, David! You’re only wrong when I’m right 😉
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Wow. Dale and I had expected so much more.
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???
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She was wonderful in “Girl With a Pearl Earring.”
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Loved that book!
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That was one film where a stellar book was followed by a stellar movie with stellar performances!
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Agree with that!
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she’s an amazing powerhouse talent
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She so is!
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And working darn hard! And good….
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So amazing
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I saw Marriage Story – she was fantastic in it. She’s wonderful in whatever she does…
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They were both incredible in Marriage Story.
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They were – all of them.
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That’s one of the films I’m patiently waiting to see – sometime in the future….
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You and Ray probably see in in 2025 when it comes out on last run in small movie theaters
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Hahaha!!
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😉 But you know what?! It will be all the SWEETER when you’ve all seen it and forgotten about it – I’m still watching films old as Methusalem and I have still ‘stuff’ to look forward to! 😉
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It’s a bittersweet tale told and acted so well.
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Marriage Story was well done. And it hits all the nerves if you’ve gone through a divorce, which I have, and it wasn’t pretty.
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It was. Mine was nothing compared to this. Very friendly and I did my own divorce papers! Still… The communication breakdown is familiar.
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I didn’t like her at the beginning, but I soon realised that it was not about her acting but her way of ‘treating life, men, relationships’. Which in itself I found disturbing, as I’m not a person to check out what celebrities are doing in their life. She must have given appalling reason for me to have that terrible first opinion…. Maybe that’s one of the downside of having had access to YTube interviews or what-not!
I was blown away by her performances in Girl w. a pearl earring, Lost in translation, Match Point, saw her in Vicky Crtistina Barcelona, We bought a zoo and Horse whisperer….. I do think she’s gone from strength to strength and I’m looking forward to view her in newer films to which I have no access yet.
YES Dave, I’m the only person you know who’s not having TV, I’m a cinema goer and DVD watcher, I am first of all a reader, and now beat me!
She certainly has high intelligence and that’s always impressive when you ‘can’ be shallow and get away with it in this business.
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Can always count on your comments to get me going first thing in the morning. Bravo Kiki! Have a great week.
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Why? What did I do this time? I try to make you smile, feel good, be happy(ier), and stay on your usually high level of thinking and writing 🙂
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You do all that and more! I’m grateful!
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She really is a fantastic actress. I’ve seen almost everything she’s done.
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SCARLETT …’Chris Heath, Best-Actress Contender Scarlett Johansson on Movies, Marriages, and Controversies (Vanity Fair, Nov 26, 2019)’
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she seems to select movies that are perfect for her, and vice versa…
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So true Jim.
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Late to this party, but I’ve loved her since “The Horse Whisperer.” I don’t know how anyone survives the Film Star life.
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So agree!
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Love
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