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Scarlett Johansson has had her fair share of movies and controversies. Before she found the MCU fame, the actress starred in a 2003 movie titledLost in Translation.With Bill Murray and Giovani Ribisi in the mix, the film was helmed by Sophia Coppola as the director.
Based loosely on her falling-apart marriage with Spike Jonze, Coppola based a character inspired by her former husband. During the premiere ofLost in Translation,the director revealed that Spike Jonze’s friend scolded her at her own premiere for the portrayal!
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With Scarlett Johansson in the lead role alongside Bill Murray, the story shifts its narrative towards Johansson taking care of Bill Murray as he goes through a midlife crisis. But before the shift in the narrative, two characters join the lead stars which are inspired by real-life incidents of Sofia Coppola.
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In an interview withVariety, the director talked about her Scarlett Johansson-led movie and how the character of John (portrayed by Giovani Ribsi) was loosely based on her former husband. During their chat, Sofia Coppola revealed that Spike Jonze’s friend scolded her at her own premiere and defended his friend.
“He apologized to me about that. He scolded me at my premiere, but he apologized. I think he was being a good friend. He thought he was defending Spike, but he was putting me down at my premiere. It came out of him trying to be a good friend to Spike.”
In turn, Spike Jonze made the 2013 movie titledHerwhich also featuredScarlett Johansson. In the movie, the character of Rooney Mara is thought to have been inspired by Sofia Coppola.
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10 years afterLost in Translation,Spike Jonze directed the 2013 movie titledHer.In that movie, Joaquin Phoenix plays a depressed man who falls in love with an AI. In the movie, Rooney Mara portrays the character of Catherine who becomes the ex-lover of Joaquin Phoenix. As per Sofia Coppola’s chat withVariety, she felt that the character was meant for her.
“I never saw it! From the trailer, it looks the same too. We have the same production designer. But I haven’t seen it. I know people really like that movie, but I haven’t seen it. I don’t know if I want to see Rooney Mara as me [laughs].”
Sofia Coppola’sLost in Translationreceived a rating of 7.7/10 on IMDB and a whopping 95% on Rotten Tomatoes. The Scarlett Johansson-starrer is available to stream on Netflix in the U.S.
Source:Variety
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
