2013Dir. Calum Waddell Ever since Alfred Hitchcock filmed Janet Leigh being stabbed to death in a shower in Psycho (1960), the story of a knife-wielding madman - stalking and slaughtering helpless, usually scantily clad victims - has become a permanent fixture in horror cinema. Show More Summary
Scarlett Johansson recently sat down with Matt Lauer to talk about her new film Hitchcock. According to TODAY, Johansson plays actress Janet Leigh, star of Alfred Hitchcock’s movie Psycho. Johansson said that it was a real treat to work alongside Oscar-winning stars Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren (who play Hitchcock and his wife Alma). Johansson [...]Show More Summary
The actress explains why she reached out to Jamie Lee Curtis before taking on the role of legendary "Psycho" star Janet Leigh. read more
Hitchcock, the Oscar-vehicle starring Anthony Hopkins as Hitch and Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh, hit select theaters this past weekend. There hasn’t been much fashion buzz about the film aside from Scarlett Johansson’s Psycho-themed...Show More Summary
Rehearsing Janet Leigh for the shower scene in Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock comes at the nude actress, Mrs. Bates’s knife in his hand, displaying murderous intent as he slashes and stabs, leaving Leigh shaken. For a sequence in The Birds...Show More Summary
Anthony Hopkins wasn't the only "Hitchcock" star who was sensitive about his new role. When Scarlett Johansson picked up the gig of playing "Psycho" actress Janet Leigh in the Sacha Gervasi-directed feature about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's seminal 1960 thriller, she wanted to make sure Leigh's daughters, Jamie Lee and Kelly Curtis, were OK [...]
Anthony Hopkins is Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock, about the making of the director's classic 1960 film Psycho, and Scarlett Johansson is Janet Leigh, the female lead who gets stabbed in the shower so early in the story, it shocked audiences. But this movie isn't the only thing Hopkins and Johansson
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Giving fans a sneak peek at Scarlett Johansson's portrayal of a screen legend, a new clip from "Hitchcock" was released featuring the actress's embodiment of Janet Leigh. In the clip, Janet is meeting the famed filmmaker, played by Anthony Hopkins, and his wife Alma Reville (played by Helen Mirren) for dinner. Show More Summary
Helen Mirren's Alma Reville meets her husband's latest muse in this scene from Sacha Gervasi's upcoming biopic. [...]
The latest clip from Sacha Gervasi’s Hitchcock shows Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins), his wife Alma (Helen Mirren) and Janet Leigh (Scarlett Johansson) discussing how to shoot the Psycho shower scene. In theaters November 23, Anthony Hopkins stars as Hitchcock, along with Helen Mirren as his wife during the making of Hitchcock’s seminal movie Psycho. Scarlett Johansson [...]
Fox Searchlight Pictures has released a new clip from their upcoming Hitchcock which you can watch in the player below! This one features the first meeting between Scarlett Johansson's Janet Leigh and Helen Mirren's Alma Reville. Opening...Show More Summary
Scarlett Johansson went "Psycho" for the latest issue of V Magazine. The 27-year-old actress, promoting her new film "Hitchcock," with Anthony Hopkins, channeled Janet Leigh's...
Scarlett Johansson is getting her scream on for V! The actress graces the cover of the magazine's latest issue in character as Janet Leigh for her upcoming film, Hitchcock. How does Scarlett's shower scene compare to the original? We're taking a look at that, plus new photos of Scarlett and costar Jessica Biel in the movie, in this PopSugar Rush.
Scarlett Johansson recreates the famous Psycho shower scene featuring Janet Leigh in the Winter 2012/2013 issue of V Magazine, on newsstands November 15. Here is what the 28-year-old Hitchcock actress had to share with the mag: On shooting the iconic shower scene: “We only had the luxury to shoot the scene for a day, and [...]
After seeing the first photos of Scarlet Johansson dolled up in character as Janet Leigh for the upcoming film Hitchcock, I could tell she was fairly comfortable in the role.
The 27-year-old actress is apparently so comfortable that she had absolutely no reservations when it came to filming the iconic shower scene from Psycho....
"They were concerned with modesty and all these things—but I don't care about any of that stuff and Janet Leigh never did either." Is this quote from Scarlett Johansson brave or self-congratulatory? More » Of Course Scarlett Johansson Felt Comfortable Getting Naked For Psycho‘s Iconic Shower Scene is a post from: Crushable
Consider this a palate cleanser, transitioning us from politics and back to pop culture. Janet Leigh and Alfred Hitchock on the Set of Pscyho Jack Lemmon and Billy Wilder Walking Around During Filming of Irma La Douce Christian Bale Sleeping...
Scarlett Johansson is channeling screen legend Janet Leigh in this depiction of the cult movie Psycho's famous (or infamous) shower scene. Johansson is, of course, portraying Leigh's character Marion Crane in the upcoming Oscar contender Hitchcock, which will have its world premiere as the opening night film at AFI Fest November 1st. Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony [...]
Last month, Fox Searchlight announced its plans to shift the release date of “Hitchcock,” the story behind a charming little movie called “Psycho,” from next April to this November, plopping it smack in the middle of the 2012 Oscar season. Read full article >>