Scarlett Johansson played her first role at the age of 10 in the film North. But this picture is more remembered thanks to the young Elijah Wood and Bruce Willis in a rabbit costumes. Shortly thereafter, she began to appear briefly in films with Sean Connery and Sarah Jessica Parker. Then they began to offer her full roles. Let’s take a look at the best-selling movies with Scarlett.
The Avengers, 2012
Long-suffering – given the failures of The Island and The Avenger – Johansson’s triumph as a sexy action heroine came in very handy for the film from the top three grossing in history and conquered from the first minutes, during which the Black Widow tied to a chair (aka Natasha Romanoff, she’s Scarlett in a black top) famously cracks down on Russian bad guys.
Ghost World, 2001
The first of Scarlett’s “adult” roles, which has already excelled in The Horse Whisperer by Robert Redford and disgraced in “Home Alone 3”. For this tragicomedy about two sarcastic teenagers at the first crossroads in their lives, mostly Tora Birch was praised, but Johansson eventually got out into the stars.
Scoop, 2006
Among the people who made Scarlett a universal favorite, Woody Allen belongs to an exceptional place – according to the actress herself, he was the first to see in her not only beauty but also intelligence. The second of the collaborations between the classic and his muse is this delightful comedy, where Scarlett and Woody bring a British aristocrat played by Hugh Jackman to the surface.
Her, 2013
A year ago, English-speaking film critics went through a collective hysteria, insisting that, having played the operating system in Spike Jones’s futuristic melodrama, Johansson slammed for an Oscar nomination. Interestingly, in “Her,” Scarlett replaced Samantha Morton, who was nominated for an Oscar for her silent role in, who do you think, Woody Allen?
Under the Skin, 2014
Last year’s hype is poised for an encore: Johansson’s meager selection of Oscar nominations for Best Actress leaves Johansson hoping to finally win the Academy’s attention for her fearless role in this provocative sci-fi meditation. True, unlike Scarlett, the film itself about an alien hunting lonely Scots is too wild to be liked by everyone.
Don Jon, 2013
The directorial debut of Joseph Gordon-Levitt with himself in the title role did not apply for awards, although Johansson, playing a girl from Jersey in an intonation ranging from caricature to grotesque, suddenly revealed herself as a comic actress, laughing heartily at the image of a femme fatale traditionally imposed on her.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, 2008
In her third and so far the last role, Woody Scarlett hardly strains – the acting bricks are carried here mainly by Penelope Cruz and Rebecca Hall. But it is clear that without the windy Christina there would be no nervous Vicky, no one-of-a-kind love quadrangle, no one of Allen’s best films.
A Love Song for Bobby Long, 2004
The most underestimated role of Scarlett is incomprehensibly noticed by the jury of the Golden Globe (Johansson was nominated for the second most popular Hollywood award four times from 2003 to 2005) and no one else is the drama about an unusual and dysfunctional family from the American South – unhurried, sultry, more like a book than a movie.
Match Point, 2005
Woody and Scarlett in their best form and sensational form: one suddenly stopped repeating and joking, filming a powerful drama about crime, impunity, and tennis balls from heaven, and the other played the object of desire with such confidence in their strengths that they occupied the ratings of the sexiest women on the planet for a long time.
Lost in Translation, 2003
Well, the best role of Scarlett Johansson remains the one thanks to which she was first remembered and seriously fell in love – the bored, smoking, drinking, and singing wife of a fashion photographer, whose acquaintance with another not sleeping in Tokyo, an elderly actor played by Bill Murray, temporarily illuminates the lives of both. Films that are softer, more beautiful, and better than this have not yet been shot in the 21st century.
