We’ve seen Scarlett Johansson She’s been in so many great roles, but there are a couple she’s been missing out on in years past. Recently, Johansson said how she auditioned but was passed over for roles in it Iron Man 2 And gravity, respectively for Emily Blunt and Sandra Bullock. In a new interview with Entertainment tonight to promote her next movie Asteroid CityJohansson shed some new light on it gravity audition, recalling how it was basically nothing more than sitting in a chair in a space suit and pretending as if there was no gravity involved.


I did a screen test for the movie gravitythat Sandra Bullock is great in it, but I had to be like a full space suit, and kind of pretend I was like floating in space … even though I was sitting in a chair with a helmet on,” Johansson recalls.

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released in 2013, gravity It is directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who co-wrote the screenplay with his son, Jonas Cuaron. It starred Bullock as an astronaut in outer space trying to return to Earth after her space shuttle is destroyed. The movie was a massive hit, grossing over $723 million at the box office. It won seven Academy Awards, including Best Director, while Bullock was also nominated for her role in the film.

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Scarlett Johansson can be seen in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City

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in her new movie, Asteroid CityJohansson plays Midge Campbell, someone the actress describes as a “sociopath”. While she admits to having it some The things she has in common in real life with Midge, such as the way the two act similarly, she hopes the similarities end here.

“I never thought about how she would do – I think we might as well do [have some things in common]’Because I had to set up a piece she was working on,’ says Johansson. So, I think we probably do. She is a sociopath. So, I hope we’ll have this unshared.”

Asteroid City He received some praise at Cannes, where he was met with a six-minute standing ovation. While this makes director Wes Anderson uncomfortable, according to Johansson, she says it only makes her enjoy adulation so much more.

In a way, I think because Wes [Anderson] Very uncomfortable. In a way, Johansson explains, it makes me feel better. “I’m like, ‘Oh, he’s so uncomfortable in this, I’m good.'” I’m like, “I can do this all day.”

In a way, I think because Wes [Anderson] Very uncomfortable. Receiving the accolades, she said, somehow makes me feel better. I’m like, “I can do this all day.”

Johansson is part of the cast Asteroid City, a film set in 1955 that follows students and parents from all over the country gathered for a Junior Stargazer convention in a desert town. Other stars in the film include Jason Schwartzman, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, Maya Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Steve Carell, and Margot Robbie, among other big names.

Asteroid City It will premiere in theaters on June 23, 2023.

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