Director Besson praises Johansson in "Lucy", says action films bore him
French director Luc Besson has praised Scarlett Johansson for her performance as a blonde with a super-powered brain in his new film 'Lucy'.
She plays a woman who can stop traffic and move objects with her mind after a drug planted in her body causes her brain to operate at abnormally high levels, and eventually at 100 per cent capacity.
SOUNDBITE, Luc Besson, director, saying (English):
"I was very happy with the first meeting because she was on time (laughs), she has no make-up and she has no entourage, so she comes as a decent person and it was just about meeting and talking about the subject."
The film, which cost just 40 million dollars to make, has already turned a profit, having taken more than $128 million worldwide, according to Screen Daily -- and thats' with up to 44 territories yet to release it.
Besson is promoting the film in Taiwan where part of the movie was shot
He's best known for action films like The Fifth Element, but said the ch
She plays a woman who can stop traffic and move objects with her mind after a drug planted in her body causes her brain to operate at abnormally high levels, and eventually at 100 per cent capacity.
SOUNDBITE, Luc Besson, director, saying (English):
"I was very happy with the first meeting because she was on time (laughs), she has no make-up and she has no entourage, so she comes as a decent person and it was just about meeting and talking about the subject."
The film, which cost just 40 million dollars to make, has already turned a profit, having taken more than $128 million worldwide, according to Screen Daily -- and thats' with up to 44 territories yet to release it.
Besson is promoting the film in Taiwan where part of the movie was shot
He's best known for action films like The Fifth Element, but said the ch
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