comment #1

PastePotPete says ...

Why does she keep getting cast in these movies? She's not a box office draw and her acting is rarely of award caliber(if ever).

Seriously! I looked at her page at Box Office Mojo and her highest grossing film is The Horse Whisperer, ten years ago... then the Prestige, which I loved but was considered a disappointment. And she's far from the lead in either of those.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=scarlettjohansson.htm

comment #2

NDH says ...

I think there's just a perception out there (particularly among casting directors) that she's a lot more popular than she actually is. This is somewhat similar to how Colin Farrell came out of nowhere all of a sudden to become the new hot commodity. Farrell has since paid his dues and justified his status, but Johansson has yet to really prove herself. In the meantime, she'll ride this wave of perception until people start to get wise and say "Wait a minute. What exactly is the big deal with this girl again?"

comment #3

Ogami Itto says ...

In the meantime, she'll ride this wave of perception until people start to get wise and say "Wait a minute. What exactly is the big deal with this girl again?"

The big deal is her tits. Period.

comment #4

Kim Voynar says ...

Ugh, Johansson as Mary, Queen of Scots? Seriously? She was mostly tolerable in Vicky Cristina, but I cannot imagine her in this role.

Flawed as Elizabeth: The Golden Age was overall, Samantha Morton rocked as Mary. Morton has tremendous talent; Johansson has ... nice pouty lips, perky boobs, and the occasional glimmer of possibility on-screen. Not much else.

comment #5

corey3rd says ...

remember that Showtime has The Tudors - although that features a topless Boleyn

comment #6

Jay T. says ...

C'mon, she was at least good in Match Point...

comment #7

nemo says ...

I'm sorry, but I can't listen to all this Tudor talk without thinking of that old classic novelty song, "With her head tucked underneath her arm".

I thought maybe it was by Tom Lehrer -- it certainly has his sensibility -- but a Google search shows it's an old English music hall tune. I may have heard it on an old Kingston Trio record, filed next to Tom Lehrer in my parent's LP collection.

Picture Scarlett Johansson with her head tucked underneath her arm ('Don't drop it in the soup!'):

http://ingeb.org/songs/inthetow.html

In the Tower of London, large as life,
The ghost of Ann Boleyn walks, they declare.
Poor Ann Boleyn was once King Henry's wife -
Until he made the Headsman bob her hair!
Ah yes! he did her wrong long years ago,
And she comes up at night to tell him so.

With her head tucked underneath her arm
She walks the Bloody Tower!
With her head tucked underneath her arm
At the Midnight hour -

She comes to haunt King Henry, she means giving him 'what for',
Gad Zooks, she's going to tell him off for having spilt her gore.
And just in case the Headsman wants to give her an encore
She has her head tucked underneath her arm!

With her head tucked underneath her arm
She walks the Bloody Tower!
With her head tucked underneath her arm
At the Midnight hour.

Along the draughty corridors for miles and miles she goes,
She often catches cold, poor thing, it's cold there when it blows,
And it's awfully awkward for the Queen to have to blow her nose
With her head tucked underneath her arm!

Sometimes gay King Henry gives a spread
For all his pals and gals - a ghostly crew.
The headsman carves the joint and cuts the bread,
Then in comes Ann Boleyn to 'queer' the 'do';
She holds her head up with a wild war whoop,
And Henry cries 'Don't drop it in the soup!'

With her head tucked underneath her arm
She walks the Bloody Tower!
With her head tucked underneath her arm
At the Midnight hour.

The sentries think that it's a football that she carries in,
And when they've had a few they shout 'Is Arsenal going to win?'
They think it's Alec James, instead of poor old Ann Boleyn
With her head tucked underneath her arm!

With her head tucked underneath her arm
She walks the Bloody Tower!
With her head tucked underneath her arm
At the Midnight hour.

One night she caught King Henry, he was in the Canteen Bar.
Said he 'Are you Jane Seymour, Ann Boleyn or Cath'rine Parr?
For how the sweet san fairy ann do I know who you are
With your head tucked underneath your arm!'

comment #8

Heleno says ...

What we really need is a Mary Queen of Scots with a proper French accent (as would be rather more historically accurate) and less with the platinum blonde hair. And the Boleyn inheritance is about Catherine Howard, isn't it, so wouldn't have any call to feature Mary Boleyn. So they'll have to get another vapid starlet in - but judging by the success of The Tudors on US TV, this looks like being a mini-trend.