Scarlett Johansson admits that a new film on divorce reflected his own life: "It was fatal"

When Scarlett Johansson met director Noah Baumbach about her idea of ​​a new film focused on divorce, the actress felt that the stars were lining up.

He was not aware, but at the time, the second wedding of the "Avengers" star – with French businessman Romain Dauriac – was in the process of to dissolve. They married in 2014 and share a 5-year-old daughter, Rose. Before that, Johansson was married to Ryan Reynolds from 2008 to 2011.

She is currently engaged to the author and comedian "Saturday Night Live", Colin Jost.

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"It seemed fatal, somehow," Johansson told reporters at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday. "It happened at the right time."

The 34-year-old star rubs shoulders with Adam Driver in Netflix's "Marriage Story," about a couple – she's playing the role of actress and theater director – with an 8-year-old son who runs a bi-separation -coastal and divorce. The first took place Thursday night at the festival and competes for the Golden Lion award.

Although Johansson had her own experience, she said that there was something everyone behind the film in the study of the character brutally honest but tender.

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Baumbach wrote the script knowing that Driver and Johansson would play the couple. He said when he wrote that "by divorce, we could explore a marriage".

"Although they are separating, love still exists," he said. "It's in every scene, it's there."

Laura Dern, who interprets Johansson's divorce lawyer, added that this personified "the divorce case".

A scene in which the two protagonists had a particularly traumatic battle was animated by the audience of the Venice Film Festival. Driver said that he had not really analyzed it afterwards, but that it was two days "quite difficult". Baumbach added that it was "heartbreaking" and that they often had to stop to take a break, the actors going either to their rooms, or taking a ride in the building to get to know each other. gather.

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"They would run the whole scene almost every time – it was like watching two of the best athletes competing," Baumbach said. "In many ways, it was one of the most rewarding experiences of my career as a director."

"Marriage Story" will be staged at Toronto's Telluride and Film Festival before going on theatrical release on November 6th, followed by its debut at Netflix on December 6th.

Associated Press contributed to this report.