Scarlett Johansson Says Failed ‘Gravity’ Audition Was ‘Just Sitting in a Chair With a Helmet on’ and ‘Pretending I Was Floating in Space’

Scarlett Johansson Says Failed ‘Gravity’ Audition Was ‘Just Sitting in a Chair With a Helmet on’ and ‘Pretending I Was Floating in Space’

Scarlett Johansson revealed to Variety last month that she auditioned for the lead role in Alfonso Cuarón’s 2013 3D space epic “Gravity,” which became a box office blockbuster with over $720 million worldwide and earned 10 Oscar nominations, including best picture. Cuarón won the best director prize, while Sandra Bullock was nominated for best actress. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, Johansson cited “Gravity” as one of her weirder Hollywood a…

Scarlett Johansson Recalls ‘Weird’ Screen Test for ‘Gravity’: ‘I Was Just Sitting in a Chair with a Helmet on’

Scarlett Johansson couldn’t get her audition for Alfonso Cuarón’s “Gravity” off the ground. The “Under the Skin” star told Entertainment Tonight about doing a screen test for Cuarón’s Oscar-winning 2013 film that eventually starred Sandra Bullock as an astronaut whose space shuttle is destroyed. Johansson revealed that she has “done a lot of weird screen tests” and cited “Gravity” as one of them. “I did a screen test for the movie ‘Gravity,’ t…

Scarlett Johansson recalls her failed audition for Sandra Bullock's 'Gravity' role: 'I was just sitting in a chair with a helmet on'

Scarlett Johansson attends the "Asteroid City" New York Premiere on June 13, 2023, and Sandra Bullock in "Gravity."Cindy Ord/WireImage/Warner Bros. Pictures Scarlett Johansson originally auditioned for Sandra Bullock's role in "Gravity" in 2011. The "Black Widow" star recalled what her failed audition was like. Johansson said that she was "just sitting in a chair with a helmet on." While Scarlett Johansson is arguably best known for her role as …