When it was believed that Bill Murray’s whispers in Lost in Tokyo had been revealed, Scarlett denied the theories
In 2003, Lost in Tokyo, a film by Sofia Coppola with Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson It told how two people who seemingly had everything in their lives felt deeply alone and when they met by chance in the chaotic city of Tokyo, a close friendship was formed.
The film made a splash at the 77th Academy Awards, winning the statuette for Best Original Screenplay. Lost in Tokyo quickly became a cult, especially for the final scene where the characters say goodbye to Murray and Johansson. While they hug each other, Murray approaches Johansson’s ear and whispers something to herwhich triggers tears and a kiss from Scarlett as they bid farewell to what they experienced during their stay in the Japanese capital.
The film won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay (Focus Features)
What Bill whispered to Scarlett in that scene It became one of cinema’s greatest mysteries, and hundreds of internet users have spent hours of time and research trying to unravel the mystery. At the time, many believed that the secret was already out, as one user isolated the audio and assured that the words Murray spoke were the following:
“I have to go, but I won’t let this come between us, okay?”
This beautiful sentence gave peace to film lovers around the world and closed the case. However, in a recent interview that Scarlett Johanson gave to Yahoo Entertainment during the promotion of the film Asteroid City, it was pointed out that Wes AndersonThe actress was asked about the veracity of the words that netizens had taken for granted, and this was her answer:
“My God, that sounds really profound. “Probably much deeper than what was actually said.”
In this way, 20 years after the release of one of the most acclaimed films of the 21st century, the mystery of Bill Murray’s Whispers resurfaces. However, it seems that fans had a point, as after doing a bit of processing of the popularized phrase, Scarlett suggested that it was very close to the original.
“Maybe? I don’t know. I give it a B-“
What Bill said in Scarlett’s ear is a mystery even to Sofia Coppola herself, who claims that the actor improvised this part of the script. The original idea was for Johansson’s character Charlotte to start crying, to which Murray’s character Bob asks, “Why are you crying?” Charlotte replies, “I’ll miss you,” and Bob says, “I know, I’ll miss you too.”
Sofia Coppola, director of “Lost in Tokyo,” also doesn’t know what Murray said in the final scene of the film Portal/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Coppola assures that this change in the script worked much better as it gave this final scene an aura of intimacy between Bob and Charlotte, something only they can share.
We’ll probably never know what Bob’s parting words to Charlotte were, but at least it’s known that Scarlett Johansson is very comfortable with Coppola’s story, even in a post-#MeToo context where The idea of an older man having such an intimate relationship with a girl who looks half his age wouldn’t go over well in the movies.
Scarlett Johansson expressed her opinion on how this story, in which a man gets involved with a girl who appears to be twice his age, would be received.
“The way these two characters influence each other is truly profound. You see it and don’t judge it. It’s about two people who find themselves in a situation that is both strange and familiar to them. That’s why they connect with each other. “You feel like if you met somewhere else or at a different time, you wouldn’t be so susceptible to such a connection.”