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Scarlett Johanssonwas overjoyed to walk the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet alongside husbandColin Jost.
“Oh, it’s so fun,” she tells PEOPLE exclusively when asked what bringing Jost to theCannes premiere of her new filmAsteroid Citymeant to her.
“It’s awesome. I mean, personally, it’s always fun when you’re not just explaining it to them over the phone, but you’re living your life together, these big profound moments.”
The Oscar-nominated actress, 38, was all smiles on the carpet of the French film festival in May with Jost, 40, cozying up to his wife of almost three years.
“There’s a familial feeling with the whole cast,” Johansson tells PEOPLE of Wes Anderson’sAsteroid City. “So everybody’s spouses are all friends with each other. It’s really great. It’s just a very singular experience.”
Her costarJason Schwartzmanagrees. “Just as a weird side,” he reveals to PEOPLE, “when the lights came on [after the Cannes screening], the first person I saw was her husband.”
“Why?” asks Johansson with a laugh.
TheBlack Widowactress andSaturday Night Livestar weremarriedin an intimate ceremony in October 2020. The pair becameengagedin May 2019 after two years of dating, and welcomed ason, Cosmo, in 2021.
Johansson opened up to Gwyneth Paltrow ontheGooppodcastin April about how her relationship with Jost has changed her life. “I didn’t know what I wanted or needed from somebody else," she said. “I never realized, ‘Oh, it’s really important for me, I need to be with a compassionate person. That’s a fundamental characteristic that has to be there.’
“And I think that understanding what those fundamental things are that you need in a partner is a must, I think — for longevity, anyway,” she said.
The Cannes premiere ofAsteroid Citylast month marked only the second time Johansson appeared at the historic festival; she first attended in 2005 when she starred in Woody Allen’sMatch Point.
Colin Jost and Scarlett Johansson.Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty
Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty
Like many of writer-director Anderson’s films, it features an all-star ensemble. Joining regular cast members Tilda Swinton, Jeff Goldblum, Jeffrey Wright, Edward Norton, Bryan Cranston, Willem Dafoe and Adrien Brody are Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Hong Chau, Maya Hawke and more.
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In the film, Johansson plays a fictional screen starlet of the 1950s named Midge Campbell. “I was curious: Who is this person? How did she get here, to be so successful at that time?,” Johansson toldVarietyearlier this month of puzzling out her character. “I like the sort of constraints of Wes’ precision. I think in some ways, it’s more liberating.”
Asteroid Cityis in U.S. theaters June 16.
source: people.com
