With two hot awards contenders — Noah Baumbach’s 'Marriage Story' and Taika Waititi’s 'Jojo Rabbit' — her Avengers spinoff 'Black Widow' and the mantle as the world’s highest-grossing actress, Scarlett Johansson isn’t afraid to say how she really feels about Disney, Woody Allen and her pick for president.

When Scarlett Johansson met writer-director Noah Baumbach for lunch in 2016 to talk about a role, she was in the midst of a private ordeal, divorcing her second husband, Frenchman Romain Dauriac. Baumbach, who didn’t know about Johansson’s pending split, was eager to discuss an unusually exposing film he was writing. 

Before Baumbach launched into his pitch about why he thought Johansson would be perfect for the role opposite Adam Driver, the actress shared what was going on in her marriage. “It totally caught me off guard,” Baumbach says. “I was like, ‘Well, you’re going to either hate this idea or love it.