Scarlett Johansson remembers her failed audition for Sandra Bullock's 'Gravity' position: 'I used to be simply sitting in a chair with a helmet on'

• Scarlett Johansson initially auditioned for Sandra Bullock’s position in “Gravity” in 2011.
• The “Black Widow” star recalled what her failed audition was like.
• Johansson stated that she was “simply sitting in a chair with a helmet on.”

Whereas Scarlett Johansson is arguably finest recognized for her position as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the star additionally has quite a few eclectic roles below her belt, engaged on movies like “Below the Pores and skin,” “Jojo Rabbit,” and Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid Metropolis.”

Talking on the “Asteroid Metropolis” premiere on Tuesday, Johansson additionally addressed her latest feedback about auditioning for Alfonso Cuarón’s “Gravity.”

The 2013 film stars Sandra Bullock as an astronaut who tries to get again to Earth from orbit after her area shuttle is destroyed by a subject of particles.

Johansson auditioned for the lead position however in the end did not get it.

The actor instructed Leisure Tonight that she’s “executed quite a lot of bizarre display assessments” earlier than explaining that she pretended to drift round in area whereas being sat on a chair.

“I did a display check for the film ‘Gravity,’ that Sandra Bullock is incredible in, however I needed to be in like the total complete area swimsuit factor, and form of fake I used to be type of like floating in area,” Johansson stated.

She added: “Regardless that I used to be simply sitting in a chair with a helmet on.”

In Might, Johansson instructed Selection that she misplaced out on each “Gravity” and “Iron Man 2” inside a brief area of time, which knocked her confidence. 

She stated: “The primary was ‘Iron Man 2’ after which the opposite one was Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Gravity.’I had needed that position a lot. It was form of the straw that broke the camel’s again. I felt actually annoyed and hopeless. Like, ‘Am I doing the correct job?'”

As followers may already know, Emily Blunt dropped out of the “Iron Man” sequel as a result of scheduling conflicts, and Johansson was capable of step into the Black Widow costume, which in the end led to an enormous ongoing position within the MCU and culminated in her personal solo film in 2021.