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.

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.

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,