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Scarlett Johansson has finally spoken about the swirling rumours linking her to Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of ‘Tangled’. Reports have suggested that the actress and singer might play the cunning Mother Gothel, the villain who keeps Rapunzel locked away in a tower.
In a recent chat with ‘People’, they asked Johansson directly about the possibility of joining the film. With a smile, she replied, “Is there a real possibility?” before adding thoughtfully, “I think anything is possible.”
While she didn’t confirm her involvement, Johansson did express genuine excitement about the idea of working with Michael Gracey, the filmmaker behind ‘The Greatest Showman’, who is going to direct the project.
“What would excite me about it would be the opportunity to work with Michael Gracey because he is just an extraordinary visionary,” she said. “Any actor would love to have that collaboration with him.”
Disney first announced plans for a live-action version of ‘Tangled’ back in December 2024, with Gracey taking the director’s chair. However, as ‘Deadline’ reported earlier this month, the studio put the project on hold in April 2025.
The pause came after Disney’s ‘Snow White’ remake starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot struggled to perform at the box office.
For now, the studio hasn’t made any official casting announcements. Still, industry insiders suggest Johansson might play Mother Gothel, the manipulative woman who steals baby Rapunzel from her royal parents and raises her in isolation to exploit her magical hair. In the original 2010 animated film, that character got voice of Donna Murphy, whose performance remains one of the movie’s highlights.
The original ‘Tangled’ loosely inspired by the Brothers Grimm’s 19th-century ‘Rapunzel’ fairy tale was a major success for Disney, earning over $590 million worldwide. It followed the story of Princess Rapunzel (voiced by Mandy Moore), who escapes her tower prison with the help of the charming thief Flynn Rider (voiced by Zachary Levi).
Meanwhile, the actress has had a busy year on the big screen. She appeared in ‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’ and ‘The Phoenician Scheme’, and made her directorial debut with ‘Eleanor the Great’, which is currently playing in theatres.

Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson opened up about challenges while working with a massive ensemble cast on the sets of Marvel films. Scarlett played Natasha Romanoff in films including The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, and her solo spin-off, Black Widow. The actor said that working with an enormous cast made her feel that she wasn’t doing any engaging work as an actor.
The 40-year-old actor in a conversation with Interview magazine said, “Some of the films that I did for Marvel engaged my character more than others. Like in Captain America: The Winter Soldier with Chris (Evans), we were really dynamic,” she said.
“In some of the other films, the cast was so enormous and there was so much plot to serve that you start to feel like you’re a device to move it along. And if you’re committed to five and a half months of that, it’s like, ‘Okay. I can’t paint my nails, I can’t get a haircut.’ These sound like silly problems, but your identity is wrapped up in this job for a long time, and if you’re not doing engaging work as an actor, you feel a little cagey sometimes,” she added.

Actress Scarlett Johansson has confirmed that she will be starring in the next ‘Jurassic World’ movie, directed by filmmaker Gareth Edwards, who has previously helmed films such as ‘Rogue One’ and ‘Godzilla’.
An ‘enormous’ ‘Jurassic Park’ fan, Johansson shared that she has always wanted to be part of the franchise, even if it meant “dying in five minutes”.
Speaking to ComicBook.com, Johansson said, “I’ve been trying to get into this franchise in any possible way for over 10 years. I’m like, ‘I’ll die in the first five minutes! I can get eaten by whatever! I’ll do the craft service!’ I’ll do anything for it. The fact that it’s happened in this way at this time is just actually unbelievable.”
“I am an enormous ‘Jurassic Park’ fan,” Johansson said, reports Variety.
“It is one of the first movies I remember seeing in theatres. I remember it so vividly. It was life-changing and mind-blowing. I cannot express how excited I am.”
The script for the upcoming film is by David Koepp. The screenwriter is returning to the franchise after writing for Steven Spielberg’s ‘Jurassic Park’ in 1993 and ‘The Lost World: Jurassic Park’ in 1997.
Johansson said that “the script is so incredible” for the fourth ‘Jurassic World’ movie, which will be an entirely new story that’s separate from the first ‘Jurassic World’ trilogy, featuring Chris Pratt. Source: IANS