Scarlett Johansson’s talent and versatility have never escaped attention, and very recently the Black Widow star was lauded by none other than the Hollywood megastar, Tom Cruise who in an interview expressed his interest in working with her.
Speaking on the subject to Entertainment Tonight at the premiere of Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One, Cruise said with a smile, “I’d love to make a movie with her,” before elaborating.
“I’ve been wanting to make movie with her. She is enormously talented. So charismatic, versatile. She has great physical ability obviously.”
The actor went on to double down on his desire to share the screen alongside Johansson, remarking to The Hollywood Reporter with a confident “It’s going to happen.”
While fans at this moment are desperate to see a Cruise/Johansson team-up, they will be even more delighted to discover that the interest is mutual. Johansson was close to sharing the same franchise almost two decades ago, when the Under the Skin actress was chosen to appear in Mission: Impossible III when David Fincher was attached to direct, only for the Marvel Cinematic Universe to exit the project once the filmmaker dropped out to ultimately be replaced by Cruise’s hand-picked replacement J.J. Abrams.
Despite the uncertainty, fans are curious to see if the mutual interest will ever actualize. Until then, we can only speculate.
