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.

CANNES, France — Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut, “Eleanor the Great,” stars June Squibb as a 94-year-old woman who, out of grief and loneliness, does a terrible thing.

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,