Published 23:20 IST, September 9th 2019

Scarlett Johansson: Being a parent really inspired me to play role

The American actress and singer Scarlett Johansson has revealed on September 9 that being a parent inspired her a lot for the upcoming movie 'Jojo Rabbit'.

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American actress and singer Scarlett Johansson has revealed that being a parent inspired her for upcoming movie 'Jojo Rabbit'. She said being a mor has really helped her and influenced her to work for her upcoming project. She added that real-life experiences do work especially when you take inspiration for a pertinent character. She said that being a real-life mor to a five-year-old Rose has really helped her portray role of a parent in a big screen twice in year of 2019.

'Avengers' actor opened up about same while visiting EW and PEOPLE studio at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) where her next outing 'Jojo Rabbit' is set to premiere on Sunday.

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Scarlett Johansson on parenthood

'Black Widow' actor ted that being a parent herself has been "invaluably helpful" in portraying role of Rosie on screen.
"I think for actors, of course, re are ways of getting yourself where you need to go. Being a parent myself was just invaluably helpful to me," Johansson said.

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"I had empathy for Rosie's plate that I may t have had insight on orwise. She was just a joy to play. She's a warm, lovable character that felt really comfy to me. And I wanted that to come across, that she's just comfortable and kind of sugary and warm," she said of her character.

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About movie 

upcoming satirical comedy revolves around a lonely German boy JoJo "Rabbit" Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis), whose life is turned upside after discovering that his mor Rosie (Johansson) is hiding a Jewish girl in ir attic during World War II. only person he feels he can truly count on is his imaginary friend Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi). Apart from starring in film, Waititi has also directed upcoming drama. It is set to hit big screens on October 18. 

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(With inputs from ANI) 

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21:57 IST, September 9th 2019