Scarlett Johansson, the actress who stated no to Sam Altman | EUROtoday

HASUx United States, the place she has been well-known since her 14 years, we have now shortened her title in “Scarjo”, and that is how we hale it within the streets of Manhattan, the place it’s not unusual to cross it, carrying sports activities garments and darkish glasses. Like the unrealrable Hilda cousin of The Phoenician Scheme, The new Wes Anderson movie (in competitors at 78^e Cannes Film Festival, launched on May 28), Scarlett Johansson is on the identical time: escaped siren from the Nineteen Forties and little girl who leads her world to the wand, distant star and “Girl Next Door”, physique of Aphrodite and voice of Corcé.

The voice, let’s discuss it. Severe, barely veiled, she frightened Theodore – alias Joaquin Phoenix -, the lonely imagined by Spike Jonze Her (2013), to the purpose of utterly isolating it from the surface world … as a result of this voice didn’t belong to a lady of flesh and blood however to an AI, Samantha.

The movie, public success and criticism, associates Scarlett Johansson in an indelible manner with synthetic intelligence. To the purpose that in twice, Sam Altman, the CEO of Openai, approaches the actress to ask her to lend her voice to Sky, the digital assistant proposed by the system. Scarlett Johansson refuses.

Young rider towards Robert Redford

However, when Sky made his debut in May 2024, her voice is completely an identical to that of Scarjo. In a press launch, the actress recounts her interview with the businessman: “He told me that if I gave my voice to the system, I would allow […] to help consumers feel comfortable in this earthquake that is the new relationship between human beings and AI […]. I refused. »»

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Actress since childhood – she was the young rider against Robert Redford in The man who murmured horses in the ear (1998)-, this daughter of a Danish architect and a New York producer found a thousand tricks to escape the throes of an early celebrity.

Self -produce in sketches

Refuse photos in the street and presence on social media. Accept very small roles for the Coen brothers (Ave César!2016) and Wes Anderson: the Hilda cousin and its eastern accent have only a few scenes in The Phoenician Scheme. Self -produce in sketches of the show Saturday Night Live, One of the stars of which is her husband, Colin Jost.

Today, Scarlett Johansson is announced as the new face of the saga Jurassic World, A huge franchise … Nothing but very classic for a Hollywood superstar. These days, she will also be on the Croisette as a director.

His first feature film – Eleanor the Great – The main character is a 90 -year -old old lady who is guessed irresistible, who has just lost her best friend. An intimate portrait of which we expect only one thing: that Scarlett Johansson makes his voice heard.

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“The Phoenician Scheme”Dramatic comedy of Wes Anderson (Germany, 2024, 1 h 45), with Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Cera … indoors on May 28.

“Eleanor the Great”Drama of Scarlett Johansson (United States, 2024, 1 h 38) with June Squibb, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jessica Hecht … offered within the “Un Certain Regard” part, within the official choice in Cannes.