An uncomfortable moment. Scarlett Johansson recalled her costar Joaquin Phoenix’s reaction to her “bizarre” orgasm scene in their 2013 film Her.“We tried to get through one take, and he was, like, losing it.
He left the studio. He needed a break,” Johansson, 37, revealed during a Monday, October 10, appearance on Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast.The Marriage Story star called the phone sex scene between her and Phoenix, 47, “gross,” adding, “You definitely don’t want to hear what you sound like having an orgasm.
You definitely don’t want to hear what you sound like having a fake orgasm — ew.”The Avengers actress was brought onto the Spike Jonze movie late in the production process, after filming had already wrapped.“I didn’t know whether what I brought to it would work for him because he’d already shot the film and had to fit whatever it was that we did into what he’d already shot,” she said during a September 2013 conversation with Darren Aronofsky for Interview magazine.She continued: “I saw a couple of his takes with Joaquin and did a little bit of work there.
But what I thought was going to be four days of recording turned into a really involved process. At times, I would even record with Joaquin, who really made himself available in an amazing way.”Johansson’s role of Samantha, an artificially intelligent virtual assistant, was originally portrayed by Samantha Morton.“Samantha was with us on set and was amazing.
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