How Scarlett Johansson Once Embarrassed Brie Larson On TV

Scarlett Johansson and Brie Larson may be friends, but they aren’t exactly sure how they met. During a 2019 “Ellen” appearance, the actors responded to a question about how they became friends in a very different way. Larson told the talk show host that she and Johansson had exchanged a few texts a couple of years ago before they met in person. Johansson remembered it differently. “You don’t remember how we met?” Johansson asked incredulously. Larson claimed they met at New Year’s dinner, but Johansson corrected her, reminding her that they’d met on the set of a film called “Don Jon.” Johansson joked, “Clearly, it made an impression on me, but somebody else didn’t care.”

In Larson’s defense, she has a much smaller part in the 2013 film than Johansson. At the time, Johansson was also a much bigger star, and Larson felt intimidated. “I just felt like I was basically a glorified extra and you were Scarlett Johansson,” she said. Johansson maintained that she remembered Larson well from the film. “I noticed you, Brie. I noticed you. You were not a glorified extra,” she said.

It would be a few years until Larson and Johansson appeared onscreen together again, this time in “Captain Marvel,” and “Avengers: Endgame,” two of the highest-grossing Marvel film to date, per Time. When that time rolled around, though, they found themselves butting heads with the studio and fans over their roles.