Scarlett Johansson recently developed rare details on his director’s debut, Eleanor the Great.
THE Black widow The actress revealed that she had decided to throw real Holocaust survivors in the next film.
“It was not really a question of knowing if we were going to throw away real survivors. It was more how to identify the people who would like to participate, could participate,” said the age of 40 in a new interview with PEOPLE At the Toronto International Film Festival.
Scarlett believed that they had been “lucky” because “each time we find someone who could participate, it was like:” Yes, we had another survivor “.
Lucy The actress noted at the time “there were as 250,000 living survivors”.
“Of course, every year, it’s much less. So we were able to identify [that] It’s a community, ”said Scarlett.
The first director opened that Jessica Hecht, who plays in the film “was really useful to help identify a few people” for the film, with the Shoah Foundation.
“I must say that the whole group was so patient,” she said.
The Avengers The actress stressed that no one in the group had never made a film like that before.
“They were really committed and listened, which means that the survivors were impatient to share their stories,” added Scarlett.
Besides Jessica, other distribution members include June Squibb, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Erin Kellyman.
In the meantime, Eleanor the Great should go out in theaters on September 26.
