Scarlett Johansson put her inked-up figure on fully display as she lit up the red carpet for the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of her new film Eleanor The Great on Monday.
The 40-year-old actress-turned-filmmaker looked effortlessly elegant in a champagne-pink gown as she celebrated the new film, which marks her directorial debut.
Johansson opted for a backless design that prominently featured her sizable back tattoos, which included an enormous black-and-white thorn-dotted branch of a rose bush and a tiny lamb.
She was joined at the film festival premiere by the film’s stars, including it’s 95-year-old lead June Squibb and her British costars Erin Kellyman and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Eleanor The Great, which stars Squibb as its title character, has polarized critics for its controversial plot and tone, which veers between comedy and drama.
Squibb plays Eleanor Morgenstein, a woman in her mid-90s who moves from Florida back to New York after her best friend, a Holocaust survivor, dies.
Scarlett Johansson put her inked-up figure on fully display as she lit up the red carpet for the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of her new film Eleanor The Great on Monday
The 40-year-old actress-turned-filmmaker looked effortlessly elegant in a champagne-pink gown as she celebrated the new film, which marks her directorial debut
She displayed her prominent back tattoos — a large black-and-white branch of thorny roses and a little lamb — thanks to the dress’ backless design
But when Eleanor tries to keep herself occupied at a local Jewish Community Center, she accidentally sits in on a gathering for Holocaust survivors.
Instead of coming clean about the mix up, she adopts her dead friends story of surviving the Holocaust as her own, which leads to a snowballing series of lies and misunderstandings.
Johansson set temperatures soaring in her gorgeous dress, which featured spaghetti straps and dangling barely there sleeves.
The outfit was cinched around her midriff to emphasize her svelte hourglass figure, and it featured a dangling bow and modest train trailing behind her.
The Avengers star wore her blond tresses parted down the middle and tied up in a bun, and she framed her impeccably made-up visage with dangling leaf-like earrings.
For her directorial debut, Johansson opted not to appear in the film and instead stayed behind the camera.
Johansson was joined on the red carpet by her stars, including Squibb, who wore a glittering burgundy suit.
June Squibb, 95, stars in Eleanor The Great (pictured) as a woman who adopts the life story of her recently deceased best friend, a Holocaust survivor, which pulls her into a world of lies and misunderstandings
Johansson set temperatures soaring in her gorgeous dress, which featured spaghetti straps and dangling barely there sleeves
The outfit was cinched around her midriff to emphasize her svelte hourglass figure, and it featured a dangling bow and modest train trailing behind her
Johansson was joined on the red carpet by her stars, including her 95-year-old lead June Squibb, who wore a glittering burgundy suit
British actress Erin Kellyman wore a green ruched off-the-shoulder dress that highlighted her cleavage. She wore her gorgeous red curls piled high and draped over her forehead
Rounding out the primary cast at the Toronto premiere was Chiwetel Ejiofor, who rocked a casual black jacket with a muted green tie
British actress Erin Kellyman wore a green ruched off-the-shoulder dress that highlighted her cleavage. She wore her gorgeous red curls piled high and draped over her forehead.
Rounding out the primary cast at the Toronto premiere was Chiwetel Ejiofor, who rocked a casual black jacket with a muted green tie.
Johansson celebrated her directorial debut’s latest film festival screening on the same day that she revealed whether her husband Colin Jost, 43, will be returning to Saturday Night Live in the wake of four of its stars leaving prior to the start of season 51.
While speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Johansson revealed that her husband is ‘going back to work.’
His status with the show was uncertain it was announced that four of his costars — Heidi Gardner, Michael Longfellow, Devon Walker and Emil Wakim — would not be returning.
Jost has been with SNL for 20 years now after joining the long-running late-night variety show as a writer in 2005.
He later became head writer of the series, and in 2014 he stepped up his profile as a co-anchor of Weekend Update. Since then, he has become the longest-tenured Weekend Update anchor.
EW also confirmed that his co-anchor, Michael Che, will also be back behind the desk for season 51.
While speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Johansson revealed that her husband is ‘going back to work’ on SNL after it was announced that four of his costars would not be returning; pictured in June in NYC
Michael Longfellow (L), Heidi Gardner, Devon Walker and Emil Wakim will not be returning for season 51, but Jost will be back behind the Weekend Update dest with his co-anchor Michael Che; pictured in 2023
Johansson told DW she would ‘100 percent’ love if her star June Squibb got to host SNL, and Squibb confirmed that she was game if offered the change. ‘I love that show. I watch it all the time,’ she added; Squibb is pictured in a still from Eleanor The Great
Johansson has proved to be a good sport by dropping by SNL several times in recent years for a raunchy series of swapped jokes that the anchors usually do to end the season for celebrate other special occasions.
She has usually been the butt of raunch jokes written by Che and awkwardly delivered by her husband, but she couldn’t say if she would be back for the tradition in the upcoming season, as she is usually invited at the last minute.
‘I think that’s basically the MO over at 30 Rock, is that everything is like moments before,’ she explained. ‘It’s usually like Friday night before the Saturday show.’
During her chat, Johansson added that she would ‘100 percent’ love to see her Eleanor The Great star June Squibb get a chance to host SNL this season.
That would make her by far the oldest person to have ever hosted the series, as the previous record holder, the late Betty White, was only 88 when she commanded the stage in 2010.
Squibb told EW that she would be game to host SNL if she got the call.
‘Oh yes, of course. I love that show. I watch it all the time,’ she said, adding that she would be the perfect guest thanks to her past stint hosting a cabaret show in New York for around a decade.
‘It was a little comedy thing,’ Squibb clarified.
