"Lucy": 7 curious facts about the role of the sexy Scarlett Johansson

The movie "Lucy" painted by the brilliant Frenchman Luc Besson, where he acted as screenwriter and Director, and co-produced, has collected in world hire more than $ 500 million and gave the world a hitherto unprecedented, but, as always, luxurious Scarlett Johansson.

We won't tell you the plot of the film, but something curious all the same share. Below are 7 interesting facts about the film.

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In the words of Luc Besson since the advent of the first versions of the script before the release of the movie on the screen passed about 10 years. This was due primarily to specificity of the synopsis — the story starts from the fact that mankind uses only 10% of the brain (which in fact absolutely not true). Luke again and again he rewrote the script of the movie, similar to the approach organically perceived as the sci-Fi assumption, without causing rejection in the viewer.

The shooting of the film began in September 2013 in Paris, mainly at the film Studio Cite du Cinema. According to the CEO of the film company, the film's budget was the largest in the history of the Studio. In October within 11 days of shooting took place in Taipei (Taiwan), where the entire crew just has attacked the local paparazzi, seriously hampering the filming process.

The name of the movie and the name of the protagonist is taken from the name of the most ancient found of Australopithecus Lucy. The skeleton of a female Australopithecus afarensis was found by French-American expedition in 1974 in the awash valley in Ethiopia. Lucy, who is estimated to have lived 3.2 million years ago — the first known representative of its species.

The drug "Sapiac-4", which is introduced into the body of the heroine, prompting her subsequent metamorphosis is fiction, but only regarding the title. Similar in structure to the hormone exists: it is called CPH4. Pregnant women release this hormone is so big compared to the normal state that it can actually lead to atypical, "supernatural" effects.

Johansson says that one of the factors that bribed her was that the heroine "is in a transitional period at the moment, so when we had meetings. She tries to understand who she is, and only makes a decision that must allow his life to follow its course". The actress had charmed not only the script but also the vision of the Director. She says: "the Film raises some existential questions. I wonder how he wrote the script because everything in it is the vision of Luke."

Besson had to "erase" a lot of Johansson to get Lucy. The Director says that Scarlett was 500 questions every day, which she asked to understand what should be the character at different stages of his transformation. After all, once Lucy reaches a new level of development of the brain, it loses some of its humanity and personality. Besson on the work of Johansson on the role: "We had to create a new man — his movement, talking, facial expressions, so needed someone who will like band as much as me. For this role didn't need a star, there needs to be an actress!"

The film got the opposite, but mostly positive reviews. The reviewers noted that the film surprises and excites, and most importantly, favorably with the rest of the cash blockbusters, despite the excessive pathos. Though the picture received a mixed reception, she entered in a number of lists of the 10 best films of 2014, including Time magazine.

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