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Speaking at the Paper Tiger premiere at the 2026 BFI London Film Festival, Scarlett shares her love for Jonathan Bailey, discusses Adam Driver and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and reflects on the extraordinary success of Avengers: Endgame.

The Hollywood star also opens up about reuniting with Adam Driver after their acclaimed performances in Marriage Story and what it was like working together again in James Gray's new psychological gangster crime drama, Paper Tiger.

Scarlett discusses how her relationship with success and the American Dream has evolved over the years, the sacrifices women make, and why her passion for acting is as strong as ever.

From Marvel and Jonathan Bailey to Marriage Story and Paper Tiger, Scarlett Johansson talks Hollywood, family, success and the films that have shaped her career.

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Transcript
00:00I want to see Jonathan Bailey in every universe.
00:04Hi, I'm Lucy. Lovely to see you. This film's amazing.
00:07It's all about the American dream and how it can go spectacularly wrong.
00:09How has your success, idea of success, changed as you've got older?
00:14How has my idea of success changed as I've gotten older?
00:21That's an interesting question.
00:23I think I...
00:27I think my idea...
00:28Success to me has become more personal, I think, as I've gotten older.
00:32I think when I was younger, my idea of success potentially had more to do with how I was reflecting
00:39out into the world
00:41and comparing myself to others.
00:44And you spend more time, I think, looking out as a young person
00:47and trying to take sort of cues from your surroundings to understand what success is.
00:54And I think as I've gotten older, I see it more as something that's a personal journey
00:59and not something that can be defined by what's happening outside.
01:04Exactly. And Adam was on this.
01:05You obviously know him from a previous amazing marriage story.
01:08Was it like going home, seeing him again?
01:12Yeah, I think in a way, yeah, it was.
01:15I mean, we have shared such intimate work together that, you know,
01:20just coming back together and doing more intimate work feels lived in in a great way.
01:27Yeah, and your character really shows the fragility of life.
01:29Did you come away with anything after this character?
01:33What did I come away with after playing this character?
01:37I think, you know, the character is really someone who is, I think, really selfless
01:45and is, you know, someone who, I think, it gave me an opportunity to reflect on a woman's condition
01:56and the sacrifices that we made.
02:00And, you know, it's just an interesting, you know, it's a kind of interesting reminder to spend time in that
02:07place.
02:08Live your life, yeah. You're amazing. Thank you so much.
02:10I hope you get all your awards.
02:12I really love my job.
02:15I'm really lucky that way. I love my job.
02:18I understand my job, I think, the more I do it.
02:22And I have such a deep appreciation for all the creatives that come together to make, you know,
02:28a film, a play, a photograph, all of those things.
02:32I mean, all that medium of entertainment, art, those ways.
02:35I just really enjoy the collaborative process so much.
02:39Yeah, of course.
02:40Obviously, I'm a big Marvel fan.
02:41I had to ask Avengers.
02:42It's just become, or Avengers and Avengers has become the highest-person movie of all time.
02:46What's your reaction to that? Did you notice?
02:48No, but I think, I mean, it's, you know, I think it's a fantastic film, you know.
02:54I remember when it, you know, seeing it for the first time, I was so amazed at how emotional it
03:01was
03:01and that you could have such a deeply, you know, it took all the history that we've had with those
03:07characters
03:07that we've had for a decade of time and really, you know, I think delivered it in a way for
03:14fans
03:14that was, like, very profound.
03:18And also, it looks amazing.
03:20It's like a movie that shouldn't work, but it somehow works.
03:22And I mean, I'm glad that audiences still enjoy it as much as they do
03:27because it's a great film and I loved making it.
03:29Cinematic experience, actually.
03:31And just very quickly, Alan Snow joined the MCU.
03:33Could we see all the previous films like maybe Jonathan Bailey?
03:35Oh, cute!
03:36I would love that.
03:37I want to see Jonathan Bailey in every universe.
03:39Yeah.

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