Overview
- In a new interview with The Telegraph, Johansson said she loves Woody Allen, believes him, and would work with him again, noting their past collaborations on three films.
- She disclosed that a financier on her directorial debut, Eleanor the Great, pressured her to remove Holocaust-related elements from the story.
- After she refused, the financier exited the project, and Johansson said Sony Pictures Classics stepped in late to keep the production on track.
- Johansson said it is difficult to know whether her stance has cost her friendships or work, describing any ripple effects as hard to measure.
- The renewed comments revisit decades-old allegations against Allen, which he denies and which investigations ended without charges, even as parts of the industry have kept their distance.