Scarlett Johansson: It Would Have Been ‘Easier’ to Finance a ‘Subpar’ Genre Film Than Indie ‘Eleanor the Great’

Scarlett Johansson: It Would Have Been ‘Easier’ to Finance a ‘Subpar’ Genre Film Than Indie ‘Eleanor the Great’

Scarlett Johansson didn’t have a great time finding financing for her feature directorial debut “Eleanor the Great.” The indie drama, which will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section, stars June Squibb as a grieving 94-year-old who relocates from Florida to New York City, where she befriends a young journalism student (Erin Kellyman). MCU alum and “Jurassic World: Rebirth” star Johansson told THR that the film took “forever to get made” in part…