Scarlett Johansson on Taking a Role Behind the Camera to Direct 'Eleanor the Great'
Scarlett Johansson is known the world over for major roles in close to 40 films over the past three decades and is the highest-grossing lead actor in Hollywood. Johansson is now taking on a new role as director. Her debut film, “Eleanor the Great,” is now in theaters. Amna Nawaz sat down with the filmmaker to discuss this latest chapter in her career. It's for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
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AI GeneratedScarlett Johansson makes her directorial debut with the film *Eleanor the Great*, starring June Squibb. The movie explores themes of grief, aging, and the complexities of human nature through a woman who adopts a Holocaust survivor's story as her own. The project is deeply personal for Johansson, drawing from her own family history and her relationship with her grandmother.