Scarlett Johansson: The Funny Story Behind Miss Spike Jonze

Spike Jonze’s Oscar-winning Her (2014) is considered a true masterpiece and above all one of his directorial best films. And as AdoroCinema reminds us, to voice Samantha, the film’s iconic AI, the director first bet on the real Samantha, Samantha Morton (The Walking Dead), who was even physically present on set to help Joaquin Phoenix. Answer live.

However, during post-production, the director decided to pass on speed – and votes – and brought in Scarlett Johansson instead of his first choice. In 2013, he also brought up the topic and explained his reasons in an email to Vulture.

Samantha was on set with us and she was amazing. It wasn’t until post-production when we started editing that we realized what the character/film needed was different from what Samantha and I had created together. So we changed the cast and since then Scarlett has taken over the role. I love Samantha. I’ve been friends with him forever and I hope we do a lot together in the future.

Samantha Morton’s opinion

Samantha Morton, who was still considered an associate producer, on his part, was very fair about the director’s decision. “You need to rethink everything. I feel like I made a painting and then put it in the attic and no one saw it, but it’s okay because I know it’s there“, he told Vanity Fair in 2019.

The actor still admitted that he was disappointed that he was not invited to the promotional events of the film: “I would love to go with Scarlett and everyone and celebrate at the premiere because we all did. I was like, “Oh, I thought I was part of that family.””

However, he defended the decision Spike Jonze :”I think the director has every right to change any ingredient before he releases the film. And sound is a dangerous thing. When you listen to my voice and you listen to Scarlett’s voice, they are completely different flowers.“

his success

You know the rest: his It won critical and public acclaim. Described as a “sweet, moving and intelligent” story about modern human relationships, the feature film grossed over $48 million worldwide and was nominated for no less than five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It eventually won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

Let me remind you, the 2014 sci-fi romantic drama, which, accordingly, plays Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson (who is not physically seen in the film), is set in the near future and follows Theodore, a sensitive and complex man who is inconsolable after a difficult breakup and who then acquires a state-of-the-art computer program that can adapt to each user’s personality. . He quickly falls in love with ‘Samantha’, the intelligent, intuitive and wonderfully funny female voice of the programme, and they slowly fall in love… Starring Amy Adams, Olivia Wilde, Rooney Mara and Chris Pratt. movie.

It’s currently being (re)discovered streaming on Filmo.