TORONTO — Scarlett Johansson says she’s not one to be nervous when films she stars in get released into the world. But debuting a deeply personal film as a first-time director is a whole other matter.

Flanked by her cast from “Eleanor the Great,” Johansson told a recent press conference that she felt some anxiety in the lead-up to this Friday’s theatrical release, in large part because the material hits so close to home.

“This experience is more nerve-racking, I think, because I feel like I’m sharing something that I have been so close to; it’s suddenly exposed,” Johansson said at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month.

“Just more of a vulnerable feeling, I guess, but it’s exciting. I’m so happy that I get to be here with the cast, and for everybody to see all of the

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