Scarlett Johansson Fills Role of Hitchcock Blonde
There are Bond girls, Charlie's Angels, and Hitchcock blondes. Scarlett Johansson assumes the role of the latest goldie-locked actress in a biographical film about Alfred Hitchcock during the period he filmed Psycho.
"I got very lucky that I got to play Janet Leigh because she's always been my favorite Hitchcock blonde," she told ET at the film's premiere. "I love her work and she was by all accounts a beloved woman, a real movie star, so it was more about capturing the essence of her than mimicking her."
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Newlywed Jessica Biel feels honored to see Anthony Hopkins in action. "I feel like this is one of those experiences where you're just watching a master at work and hopefully just soaking in some of that wisdom that he is projecting on screen," she credits.
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Dame Helen Mirren took on the part of Alma, the wife of Alfred Hitchcock. She says, "The main thing that I didn't know was about Alma, his wife, and how important Alma was to him and to the creation of his work and she was so in the shadows."
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