Overview
- This week Johansson told the Los Angeles Times on the Paper Tiger press tour that she has rejected studio offers she judged “irresponsible” and asked executives whether a film has a real audience before making it.
- She described her role-selection process as asking whether she is making something other people want to see rather than a project made only for herself.
- Johansson has balanced independent work and big studio movies in recent years, releasing the indie Paper Tiger and filming tentpoles including The Exorcist: Martyrs and The Batman 2 while also noting Jurassic World Rebirth as a recent franchise credit.
- She will next begin work on Ari Aster’s A24-backed Scapegoat with Jude Law and called the script unusually intense, while declining to give details about her part in The Batman 2.
- As a major box-office star, Johansson’s public refusals could influence which studio projects get greenlit and may push executives to focus more on clear audiences and stronger scripts.