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Director Besson praises Johansson in "Lucy", says action films bore him

2014-08-18 22 Dailymotion

French director Luc Besson has praised Scarlett Johansson for her performance as a blonde with a super-powered brain in his new film 'Lucy'.<br/> <br />She plays a woman who can stop traffic and move objects with her mind after a drug planted in her body causes her brain to operate at abnormally high levels, and eventually at 100 per cent capacity.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE, Luc Besson, director, saying (English):<br/> <br />"I was very happy with the first meeting because she was on time (laughs), she has no make-up and she has no entourage, so she comes as a decent person and it was just about meeting and talking about the subject."<br/> <br />The film, which cost just 40 million dollars to make, has already turned a profit, having taken more than $128 million worldwide, according to Screen Daily -- and thats' with up to 44 territories yet to release it.<br/> <br />Besson is promoting the film in Taiwan where part of the movie was shot<br/> <br />He's best known for action films like The Fifth Element, but said the ch

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