Scarlett Johansson and a very special guest joined Anne Hathaway as some of the recent celebrities who passed through the workshop during the 13th season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race”.
The “Black Widow” star appeared virtually during last night’s episode to give the remaining five contestants some advice before their acting challenge, “Henny, I shrunk the Drag Queens!”
The 36-year-old actress performed when her video appeared on the screen in the work room, telling contestants that she was a huge fan of the program.
“I’m so sad that I haven’t been to the workshop, but it’s been a dream of mine to participate for a long time, so this is very exciting for me”, she said to the group, to which Rosé replied: “Baby, you’re in the work room now same! “
At the end of her surprise segment, Johansson was accompanied by a special guest: her husband, Colin Jost. The Saturday Night Live star, 38, appeared on the screen to ask contestants a question about the challenge after his wife asked if anyone had any more questions for her.
“I have a guest question,” said Jost, putting his head on the board to make a joke. “The movie … will it be called ‘Size Queens?'”
Prior to Jost’s arrival, Johansson opened the floor for questions about the challenge of the day, answering questions from competitors about how to approach the challenge, including a question from Olivia Lux about how they should fight imaginary monsters.
“Acting means making an unreal situation look very real,” said Johansson. “So, I would say the most important thing is that you have a lot of conviction, whether you’re fighting Thanos or something, a giant spiky heel … That comes from believing in yourself. If you don’t believe in yourself then no one in the audience will believe you. ”
She also gave her wisdom to Gottmik, who asked Johansson how to stand out when the role you are playing is small.
“Remember that there are no small parts, there are only small queens,” he joked. “You want to make sure that, although you don’t have that much time on the screen, that you made the character in your mind, you have a whole story for your character, so that the character looks really complete.”
The contestants received a lot of excellent advice from Johansson, who was the perfect celebrity for the job! Jost praised his wife for her versatility in an interview with “The Gentlewoman” via email last month, writing: “In addition to being a great actress, Scarlett has a lightness in her acting that really helps when you’re doing a show. varieties and needs to constantly switch between characters. “
“She is funny, which ends up making a big difference,” he added.
Johansson opened in the same interview to discuss the controversies of the past throughout his career. Those moments included her role in “Ghost in the Shell”, where she was accused of whitewashing, her initial cast as a transgender character in “Rub and Tug” before leaving, and her roles in several films directed by Woody Allen.
“I made a career out of it,” she said. “I’m going to have opinions about things, because that’s who I am. I mean, everyone has a hard time admitting when they’re wrong about things, and for all of that to come out publicly, it can be embarrassing. Having the experience of, ‘Wow, I was really off target, or I wasn’t looking at the big picture, or I was reckless.’ I am also a person. “