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Scarlett Johansson On How Her Next Movie Mirrored Her Real Life · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Scarlett Johans's next film
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Speaker 1: a big departure from her recent stint in The Avengers,
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Speaker 1: a return to her indie roots with a new movie
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Speaker 1: called Marriage Story, which is actually more about a divorce.
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Speaker 1: And as Scarlett met with the director to talk about
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Speaker 1: the role, she was in the midst of a divorce herself,
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Speaker 1: and she tells the Hollywood Reporter when she sat down
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Speaker 1: with him, she had no idea what the movie was about, explaining, quote,
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Speaker 1: I blew into the room and ordered a glass of
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Speaker 1: white wine and started complaining about my divorce, and he
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Speaker 1: was just listening and very attentive. Then he kind of
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Speaker 1: cut it short and said, funny, you shouldn't mention it.
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Speaker 1: The director was going through a divorce himself and wrote
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Speaker 1: the tale based on his own experience. Scarlett ads the
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Speaker 1: role felt faded and came to her at the perfect time.
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Speaker 1: Marriage Story, Netflix, December six. That's Direct from Hollywood.