Scarlett Johansson Says Getting Turned Down for ‘Gravity’ Left Her ‘Hopeless’
Scarlett Johansson Says Getting Turned Down for ‘Gravity’ Left Her ‘Hopeless’ https://t.co/HRYdX3vW29 pic.twitter.com/4jUeLilSHU
- IndieWire (@IndieWire) May 9, 2023
Marion Cotillard and Natalie Portman also screen-tested for the lead role of a scientist trapped in space, and Blake Lively and Johansson were considered before Sandra Bullock was ultimately cast.
Johansson questioned her acting career after being turned down for Alfonso Cuarón’s “Gravity.”
“I got turned down for two roles - the first was ‘Iron Man 2’ and then the other one was Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Gravity,' I had wanted that role so much. It was sort of the straw that broke the camel’s back. I felt really frustrated and hopeless. Like, ‘Am I doing the right job?' The work I was being offered felt deeply unfulfilling. I think I was offered every Marilyn Monroe script ever. I was like, ‘Is this the end of the road creatively?' And I did films like ‘He’s Just Not That Into You’ and movies that kind of continued that narrative. I couldn’t make any headway.”
Emily Blunt dropped out of “Iron Man 2” due to a contractual obligation with 20th Century Fox.
Johansson credited indie films “Under the Skin” and “Her” for a mid-2010s career resurgence.
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