" I was sort of isolated in that surroundings , and it was just hard work . Looking back on it , the whole affair felt like K lag . ”
It’s inarguable thatScarlett Johansson’s had a fascinating and celebrated career. She spent much of the 2010s as one of the MCU’s biggest stars, and she’s also starred in critically-acclaimed and award-winning fare likeUnder the SkinandMarriage Story.
Where it all started, of course, was her star turn in Sofia Coppola’s 2003 flickLost in Translation,a generational touchstone for millennials and a film that launched Scarlett to superstardom.
In a new interview withVariety, Scarlett addressed rumors that she had a “miserable” time while on set making the film — and she explained what it was really like for her, too.
“It wasn’t miserable," she said. “It was challenging because I was very young and away from my high school boyfriend.”
Last year, Scarlettclaimedthat starring inLost in Translationcaused her to be “groomed” as a “bombshell” in Hollywood — and in this latest interview, she elaborated on how the film negatively affected the roles she was offered afterwards.
“It was hard to get out of that pigeonhole,” she says. “And I did films likeHe’s Just Not That Into Youand movies that kind of continued that narrative. I couldn’t make any headway.”
During that time, Scarlett also was turned down forGravityandIron Man 2— the latter of which she ended up starring in anyway, and which led to her substantial role as part of theMCU. But she also said that, prior to that breakthrough, she felt creatively stuck.
“The work I was being offered felt deeply unfulfilling,” she recalled. “I think I was offered everyMarilyn Monroescript ever. I was like, ‘Is this the end of the road creatively?’”
Read the entire interviewhere.
