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Jessica Hecht reflects how Scarlett Johansson has changed since the pair first worked together 15 years ago.
The actress shared the stage on Broadway in 2010. I was able to enjoy the view from the bridge. Hector, 60, is the great star of Eleanor, and is Johansson’s directorial debut. Only at the New York City premiere of the film at Village East Cinema on September 24th, Hecht said she and 40-year-old Johansson (unbelievable), and had the opportunity to collaborate again.
Reminiscing their reunion, Hecht shares what they caught up and talked about “life.”
“What we ate, our stomachs, our relationships, her kids, my kids are growing up, but kids, mothers and fathers, and truly life.
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Hecht said that Jurassic World: Regeneration Star is now a mother and therefore has a “view of what it means to succeed.”
Johansson shares her daughter Rose with her ex-husband Roman Dauliac and shares her 4-year-old son Cosmo with her husband Colin Jost.
“I think when you become a parent, you feel very different – that’s why she’s so perfect for this film – you feel your responsibility is for someone else,” explains Hecht, who thinks Johansson was “the most delicious cast member” when he looked at it from the bridge.
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She continues: “Incredible, ‘I want everyone to be happy, and I want to do a very good job in the plays’ and she was so determined.
“But when you have a child, you are responsible as an artist, but you are also very interested in being a good person, meaning the natural evolution of humans,” adds Hecht.
Regarding her onset dynamics with Johansson in the director’s chair, the Friends star says it’s “very natural and very easy.”
“I really respect her so much,” Hecht tells people. “I think it’s a feeling for me, too, that she has this incredible film career. I’m always fascinated by what people have as part of their DNA after spending that time in that profession. I think it’s so powerful that she rarely expresses the artistry of what she was.”
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Premiering in a hand-picked theatre on Friday, September 26th, Eleanor Za Great stars the June squib as “94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein after a catastrophic loss.” After her best friend dies, Eleanor moves to New York to live with her daughter Lisa (played by Hect) and undoubtedly struck a friendship with her college student (Erin Kellyman).
The film also stars Chuwetel Egiofor and Rita Zohar, as well as Will Price.
Eleanor the Great is now in a carefully selected theatre.