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Scarlett Johanssonsays her love for cinema started early — and she has her mom to thank.
The actress, 36, was honored as the 35th recipient of the American Cinematheque Award Thursday night in Beverly Hills. During her acceptance speech, Johansson told the audience that her mom, Melanie Sloan, began showing her and her siblings movies when they were young.
Some of the films Sloan showed her children included classics likeSilence of the LambsandSchindler’s List,which Johansson acknowledged may have been “age-inappropriate” at the time.
“When I was as young as three, my mom started showing me a catalogue of every movie she loved as a child,” Johansson said during her speech at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. “And she showed me all the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, Rosalind Russell films, Judy Garland movies, and she would swoon every time Montgomery Clift was on screen – ‘Isn’t he so gorgeous?’ "
“And she sang ‘The Trolley Song’ at the top of her lungs and got starry eyed every time Annette Funicello came on the screen,” she added.
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TheJojo Rabbitstar has four siblings: a twin brother, Hunter, and two older siblings — Vanessa and Adrian — plus an older half-brother, Christian.
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The actress said her mom’s love for movies helped inspire her own career, explaining, “My passion for performance came from watching all those movies over and over and over.”
Other attendees includedJon Favreau, Thomasin McKenzie, Andy Richter, Abbie Cornish, andJamie Lee Curtis, plusSam Rockwell,Chris Evans,Samuel L. Jackson,Robert Downey Jr.andJeremy Renner.
Johansson posed for photos at the event with her husband,SNL’sColin Jost, marking the couple’sfirst red carpet appearancesince welcoming their first child, son Cosmo. Johansson is also mom to daughter Rose, whom she shares with ex-husband Romain Dauriac.
source: people.com
