Putting up with weird situations during movie shoots is hell itself, and yet some amazing actors just manage to do it. One of these fabulous personalities includes none other than the superstars Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson, who had to undergo an embarrassingly ugly situation, that ended up making the Good Will Hunting actor hate kissing his Black Widow co-star.
As recently revealed by the 52-year-old actor himself, he once had to kiss his 38-year-old co-star in their movie together We Bought a Zoo in a super weird situation that made him realize how it was ‘hell’ having to kiss Johansson and that ended up bewildering Damon’s Oppenheimer co-star Emily Blunt for a very strange reason.
Matt Damon Hated Kissing Scarlett Johansson After This Incident
Although both are listed among the A-listers of Hollywood, Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson had to go through an uncanny situation back when they were co-stars in a movie. The Good Will Hunting actor shared this story during a game with his Oppenheimer co-star Emily Blunt where they had to agree or disagree on a statement.
It was on the topic “You should tell someone if they have bad breath” when Damon perked up to reveal the hilariously embarrassing incident that happened back in 2011 when he and Johansson were shooting for their $120M movie together, We Bought a Zoo. Joking about how it was a ‘hell’ to kiss her, Matt Damon said,
“We went to lunch and she and I both thought it was over. She ate an onion sandwich for lunch and she came in and Cameron Crowe had set the camera up and it was a tight shot of the kiss, and she goes, ‘Oh shit, I literally just had an onion sandwich!’”
He continued to admit how he kept on teasing and making fun of Scarlett Johansson for having onion breath while kissing him during the shoot of the rest of the scene, leaving Blunt bewildered. No doubt, if there was anyone else, they too would’ve hated it to kiss someone with an onion breath!
Matt Damon And Scarlett Johansson’s Roles In We Bought a Zoo
We Bought a Zoo is a book-based family-comedy movie starring Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson in the lead roles. While Damon played the part of Benjamin Mee, a widowed father who buys a run-down zoo to renovate it for reopening it to the public, Johansson portrayed the character of Kelly Foster, who is the head zookeeper and Benjamin Mee’s love interest.
The movie also starred Thomas Haden Church and Elle Fanning in supporting roles and was made with a budget of $50 million. It went ahead to become a superhit with gross earnings of $120 million worldwide at the box office and a 4.7/5 overall rating, making it into the list of Matt Damon’s blockbusters.
As for his recent movie Oppenheimer, Damon plays the role of Lt Leslie Groves Jr, who is the director of the Manhattan Project, while Blunt portrays the character of Katherine ‘Kitty’ Oppenheimer, the wife of the male protagonist, J. Robert Oppenheimer (played by Cillian Murphy).
Oppenheimer is out in theatres now, and you can stream We Bought a Zoo on Disney+.
Source: Independent
