Are Scarlett Johansson and Mia Threapleton's coordinated looks at the premiere of Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme on purpose?

Wes Anderson’s new film, The Phoenician Scheme, opens in New York and Los Angeles this weekend, before expanding next week. The film premiered at Cannes, and there was another premiere last night in New York. I found myself scanning the photos because Scarlett Johansson turned up to the NYC premiere. She co-stars in the film, which features Benicio Del Toro as the leading man. Seasoned smut hounds might recall mid-2000s gossip about ScarJo and BenDeTo in an elevator at the Chateau Marmont.

A few years ago ScarJo finally addressed the rumor, shooting it down, citing an elevator as having “unappealing logistics” and that back then “it was more acceptable to write really nasty, slutty things about young actresses”. Twenty years ago, Del Toro was rather distastefully vague about it, seemingly happy to let the story stand regardless of veracity or how it reflected on ScarJo. For anyone who thinks the way Sydney Sweeney is treated in the public sphere is unhinged, please revisit the Y2K gossip about Scarlett Johansson, or the mid-century gossip about Marilyn Monroe, people have literally never been normal about pretty blondes with big boobs.

Anyway, she didn’t stand next to Del Toro at the premiere. But she DID pose with star Mia Threapleton:

Mia Threapleton and Scarlett Johansson attend Focus Features' "The Phoenician Scheme" New York Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 28, 2025 in New York City

Mia’s dress is similar to the gown she wore at Cannes, and I am once again wondering if stylists coordinated the complimentary shades of their clients’ dresses. Not only do Mia and ScarJo match each other, they also match the new ten-film box set the Criterion Collection is releasing of Wes Anderson’s first ten feature films (for the low low price of $400). It has to be on purpose, right? They’re dressed in the official Wes Anderson Criterion color scheme!

The premiere also brought out their fellow co-stars Bryan Cranston, Tom Hanks, Michael Cera, Hope Davis, and F. Murray Abraham. There were also some bonus guests, including Michael Stipe, Ronny Chieng, and Matthew Broderick and Kenneth Lonergan, who seemed to be having a guys’ night. Wes Anderson will always bring out the most eccentric audiences.