Actress and singer Scarlett Johansson, after premiering her directorial debut Eleanor the Great at Cannes 2025, shared that she would be open to potentially directing a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie. “I think the movies that I like that are big action movies also have the human connectivity piece,” said Johansson, who notably portrayed the MCU character Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in eight MCU movies between 2010’s Iron Man 2 and 2021’s Black Widow.
Johansson’s Eleanor the Great received a five-minute standing ovation after its Cannes premiere, which she attended with her husband Colin Jost. Johansson said bringing the film to Cannes “really is a dream come true.”
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