Is the first day on any set easy? Scarlett Johansson shares what it was like to start shooting eleanorthegreatfilm — her feature directorial debut about a nonagenarian (played by Oscar nominee June Squibb) who in the Times' theamynicholson's words "goes too far when, out of loneliness, she falsely claims to be a Holocaust survivor." "First-time director Scarlett Johansson grounds this small New York story in empathy," wrote Nicholson after viewing the movie festivaldecannes. "Eleanor the Great" will have its North American premiere tiff_net. Johansson, Squibb and the team behind "Eleanor the Great" stopped by the Los Angeles Times Studio presented by RBC. Watch the full video at the link in bio. 📹 markpottslat #RBCXTIFF #TIFF50 #IdeasHappenHere