Successful creative people owe much of their success to inspiration. For many Hollywood directors, actresses are such an inspiration. Some go further and swear to their muses eternal love.
Scarlett Johansson and Woody Allen
In the summer cinema season 2014, two films are released immediately with the participation of Scarlett Johansson, "Captain America: The First Avenger. Another War" from the brothers Russo and "Lucy" directed by Luc Besson. But the acting career of goldilist Scarlett did not start with blockbusters, her popularity and fees began to grow after a meeting with the director, who is called the “sad comedian”. Woody Allen has been making films for half a century now, but he is never completely satisfied with the result and does not consider his success in Hollywood to be deserved, despite the general recognition of viewers and film critics.
Woody Allen and Scarlett Johansson met in 2004, at the casting of the film “Match Point”. True to himself, Woody Allen falls in love with the actress before giving her the part. So it was with Scarlett. She struck him at the first meeting, her bright appearance, sexuality and versatility of acting. Later, both the actress and the director repeatedly noted the coincidence of interests and views on life. After Match Point, which provided Scarlett Johansson with an Academy Award nomination, Woody Allen wrote two more roles for the actress in his next films - Sensation and Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Their friendship to this day has deep mutual respect and admiration, which they do not hide in interviews and personal contacts.
Uma Thurman and Quentin Tarantino
This spring, at the Cannes Film Festival, after 20 years of friendship and cooperation on the set, Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman first appeared in front of the cinema world as a couple. The news instantly became a sensation, especially after Tarantino admitted that he had been in love with Uma all these years, called it his muse and true inspiration.
Pulp Fiction was the first Tarantino movie to which he invited Uma Thurman. She played the role of Mia Wallace, an addict with experience and the wife of a gangster boss. A fresh look, innovative techniques, the original use of genre cliches and black humor made the film a cult and spawned many imitators. But no one was able to compare with Tarantino in the ability to make an open and bloody spectacle attractive and funny. Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction wears a black wig, and the camera of the operator seems to be in love with the actress, her face and every movement in the famous dance with John Travolta.
After Pulp Fiction, the paths of the actress and director diverged, but the projects in which they participated did not have the same success as their first joint one. Everything changed in 2003 when they met again to create the first part of the "Kill Bill" movie saga. The idea of a bloody fairy tale about a bride obsessed with revenge, Tarantino hatched for several years, and then waited another year, while Uma was carrying her third child and regaining shape after childbirth. But all the time and financial costs paid off and the film at the box office hit the budget six times.
