Two months after claiming she was ‘pigeonholed’ as ‘hypersexualized’ early in her career, two-time Oscar nominee Scarlett Johansson now says she was ‘groomed’ in as a teenager to become a Hollywood ‘bombshell.’
‘I think it was because of that trajectory I had been sort of launched towards – I really got stuck,’ the 38-year-old former child star said in the new podcast Table for Two on Tuesday.
‘I was kind of being groomed, in a way, to be this what you call a bombshell-type of actor.’
Choices: Two months after claiming she was ‘pigeonholed’ as ‘hypersexualized’ early in her career, two-time Oscar nominee Scarlett Johansson now says she was ‘groomed’ in as a teenager to become a Hollywood ‘bombshell’ (pictured November 2)
Scarlett was only 19 in 2004 when she began her role as the older, more sophisticated, and sexy Nola Rice in blacklisted director Woody Allen‘s psychological thriller Match Point.
In his 2020 memoir Apropos of Nothing, the 87-year-old filmmaker wrote that Johansson was ‘not only was she gifted and beautiful, but sexually she was radioactive.’
The native New Yorker’s character is murdered with a shotgun by her lover (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) after confessing she became pregnant during their torrid affair in the morally-bankrupt movie.
Scarlett said ‘playing the other woman and the object of desire’ left her feeling ‘cornered in this place like I couldn’t get out of it.’
The 38-year-old former child star said in the new podcast Table for Two with Bruce Bozzi (L) on Tuesday: ‘I think it was because of that trajectory I had been sort of launched towards – I really got stuck. I was kind of being groomed, in a way, to be this what you call a bombshell-type of actor’
How it began: Scarlett was only 19 in 2004 when she began her role as the older, more sophisticated, and sexy Nola Rice in blacklisted director Woody Allen’s (R) psychological thriller Match Point
Groomed? In his 2020 memoir Apropos of Nothing, the 87-year-old filmmaker wrote that Johansson was ‘not only was she gifted and beautiful, but sexually she was radioactive’
Tragic: The native New Yorker’s character is murdered with a shotgun by her lover (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) after confessing she became pregnant during their torrid affair in the morally-bankrupt movie
Stereotyped: Scarlett said ‘playing the other woman and the object of desire’ left her feeling ‘cornered in this place like I couldn’t get out of it’
Woody then cast Johansson in Scoop as ambitious journalism student Sondra Pransky, who has an affair with a much older British aristocrat (Hugh Jackman) for an article before he attempts to drown and murder her.
In 2007, Allen cast the Sing 2 star as the spontaneous and sexy Cristina, who embarks on a threesome with an artist (Javier Bardem) and his ex-wife (Penélope Cruz) in Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
In the podcast, Scarlett cheerily reflected on the four-time Oscar winner’s ‘God-level’ status while filming the Spanish-set 2008 rom-com, gushing: ‘He’s untouchable there.’
Many celebrities have chosen to look the other way when it comes to Woody, who married his ex-partner Mia Farrow’s daughter Soon-Yi and allegedly molested her seven-year-old daughter Dylan (which he denied).
Notice a pattern? Woody then cast Johansson in Scoop as ambitious journalism student Sondra Pransky, who has an affair with a much older British aristocrat (Hugh Jackman) for an article before he attempts to drown and murder her
No murder plot this time: In 2007, Allen cast the Sing 2 star as the spontaneous and sexy Cristina, who embarks on a threesome with an artist (Javier Bardem) and his ex-wife (Penélope Cruz) in Vicky Cristina Barcelona
‘He’s untouchable there’: In the podcast, Scarlett cheerily reflected on the four-time Oscar winner’s ‘God-level’ status while filming the Spanish-set 2008 rom-com
1985 family portrait: Many celebrities have chosen to look the other way when it comes to Woody, who married his ex-partner Mia Farrow’s daughter Soon-Yi and allegedly molested her seven-year-old daughter Dylan (which he denied)
Allen (born Allan Konigsberg) announced in September that he’ll finally retire from filmmaking following his final movie, Wasp 22, after releasing several post-#MeToo box office bombs.
It was the Tony-winning thespian’s CAA agent Bryan Lourd (who’s married to Table for Two host Bruce Bozzi), who helped her break out of the bombshell parts and into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
‘It would be easy to sit across from someone in that situation and go, “This is working, why change it?”‘ Scarlett recalled.
‘But for that kind of bombshell, you know, that burns bright and quick and then it’s done and you don’t have opportunity beyond that.’
Savior: It was the Tony-winning thespian’s CAA agent Bryan Lourd (L, who’s married to Table for Two host Bruce Bozzi, R), who helped her break out of the bombshell parts and into the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Scarlett recalled: ‘It would be easy to sit across from someone in that situation and go, “This is working, why change it?” But for that kind of bombshell, you know, that burns bright and quick and then it’s done and you don’t have opportunity beyond that’
Johansson continued: ‘I got this incredible opportunity to work in the second Iron Man, which that part at the time was very underdeveloped and over-sexualized, but I wanted to form a relationship with Jon Favreau who I worked with a couple of times after that, who’s an inspiration for me.’
The Outset co-founder said her future in films will involve directing and more producing, saying: ‘My ideal job is a corner office on the Disney lot. Like a little [bungalow]. That’s what I want.’
Audiences can next catch the Black Widow producer-star reuniting with her Lost in Translation castmate Bill Murray in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, which hits limited US theaters June 16 before opening wide on June 23.
Upcoming roles: Johansson will next star in Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City due out next June as well as Kristin Scott Thomas’ feature directorial debut My Mother’s Wedding (pictured)
The 1955-set rom-com about a space cadet convention also stars Tom Hanks, Tilda Swinton, Margot Robbie, Jeff Goldblum, Adrian Brody, Bryan Cranston, Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Wright, Jason Schwartzman, Matt Dillon, Hope Davis, Fisher Stevens, and Maya Hawke.
In June, Scarlett wrapped her role as a Royal Navy captain called Katherine in Oscar nominee Kristin Scott Thomas’ feature directorial debut My Mother’s Wedding.
The family drama stars Johansson, Emily Beecham, and Sienna Miller as three sisters reuniting in England to attend the third wedding of their widowed mother Diana (Thomas).
Table for Two with Bruce Bozzi is produced by iHeartMedia and Air Mail.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
