Scarlett Johansson faced 'extraordinary circumstances' on Jurassic World Rebirth set, Entertainment News
The 40-year-old actress — who stars in the new movie alongside the likes of Jonathan Bailey, Luna Blaise and Mahershala Ali — filmed Jurassic World Rebirth in places like Malta and Thailand, and Scarlett admits that she found it to be an "insane" yet rewarding experience.
Speaking to People, she shared: "We all laughed a lot, and we were thrown into such extraordinary circumstances physically.
"Half our set would wash away, and then ten minutes later it would grow too large, and there's no continuity to anything because the sun was moving in. It was just insane."
Scarlett recalled one particularly scary experience when they were filming in Thailand.
She said: "When we first got to Thailand, we had to do a camera test of the full costume and all that stuff and just putting all the pieces of the costume together and then standing in a mosquito-infested bush, I was like, 'This is really happening'."
In another scene, Scarlett wore a harness to navigate her way down a cliff. And the Hollywood star now admits that it was a painful experience.
She said: "We wore harnesses under our actual harness.
"You have a movie harness that looks like a harness, then you have an actual harness that's hooked up to a line, because you're not actually abseiling, you're on a stunt rig.
"I was happy to say goodbye to the harness!"
Meanwhile, Scarlett recently made her directorial debut with Eleanor the Great, the drama movie that starred June Squibb.
The actress subsequently revealed that she found directing to be a "really rewarding" experience.
She told Extra: "I have a different perspective on just the process of, you know, pre-production and then what goes on after we all leave. I think, as an actor, you're hoping that the director sees kind of what you were doing and follows, you know, pulls the right thread and all of that stuff, but you don't know.
"You have no, kind of, control over it and now, you know, having experienced the other side of it, it just gives you, I think, an interesting insight into how people, other directors make their choices and the process that they go through to, you know, make it all happen.
"It's a lot of work, but it can be really rewarding."
Scarlett premiered the movie at the Cannes Film Festival, and she relished walking the red carpet with the film's stars.
The actress-turned-director said: "Just being able to stand alongside Erin Kellyman and June Squibb after the film premiered and feel the warmth of the audience and the love from the audience for the film and for the incredible performances in it, it was such a moving moment."
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