The Avengers at all times had one another’s backs within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and plainly’s no much less true off the display. Scarlett Johansson simply got here to the help of fellow Avenger Sebastian Stan, sharing the way in which she feels considered one of his movies final yr was handled unfairly by Hollywood.
2024 was an ideal yr for Sebastian Stan with two awards caliber roles, one within the drama A Totally different Man and the opposite in The Apprentice in regards to the rise of the present President of the USA. Johansson, who isn’t any fan of the sitting President, identified in an interview with Self-importance Honest that even supposing Stan some awards consideration for the movie, it was in any other case “buried” by studios. Johasson stated…
Right here’s the place you’d go, ‘Okay, you possibly can combat it by making stuff like that.’ However then, what occurred with the discharge? It was buried.
There’s definitely some proof to again up Scarlett Johansson’s claims that Hollywood “buried” The Apprentice. The movie famously discovered bother discovering distribution. It appeared not one of the main studios wished to be concerned within the movie. It was finally picked up by small Briarcliff Leisure.
The Apprentice evaluations have been strong and the film would obtain a number of award nominations, totally on the energy of the performances of Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Sturdy as Donald Trump and Roy Cohn, who each noticed Oscar nominations. Nevertheless, it could fail to win any main awards and would gross lower than $20 million worldwide.
Whereas many, if not most, Oscar-worthy dramas usually are not field workplace smashes, they normally do higher than The Apprentice. Finest Image winner Anora‘s world field workplace take is simply in need of $60 million, which definitely isn’t some huge cash within the grand scheme of Hollywood, but it surely’s 3 times what The Apprentice did, and The Apprentice not less than had a significant title within the lead.
The Apprentice definitely isn’t type to Donald Trump, and thus Scarlett Johansson thinks the studios have been afraid of the film as a result of if considered one of them picked it up, they may face repercussions. No person knew on the time of the movie’s launch if Donald Trump would develop into President once more, however the chance definitely existed.
If that occurred, the potential for some kind of punishment was definitely actual. Trump has known as out Saturday Evening Dwell for its impression of him earlier than. Even the movie’s stars tried to downplay the political parts of The Apprentice.
Johansson’s private politics are definitely against this particular occasion of studios being afraid of a film for political causes. Nonetheless, even when the politics have been reversed, the broader level is a legitimate one. Oftentimes it’s the job of a murals to problem authority. If that’s being actively prevented, it’s an issue.