It’s not easy for a Marvel star to avoid being the center of attention, but Scarlett Johansson seemed to be using every ounce of her being to step out of the spotlight — even as an entire theater rose to applaud her entrance at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday afternoon.

"Yeah, definitely, it could be, it would be fun," Scarlett Johansson said of potentially directing a major action movie or Marvel Cinematic Universe filmScarlett Johansson told Deadline in an interview at the Cannes Film Festival that directing a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie "would be fun"Johansson,

Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival this month. Naturally, that led to questions about whether or not she'd direct a movie for Marvel Studios. Johansson,