The uncomfortable stories behind famous film and TV love scenes

Matt Damon reveals why on-screen kiss with Scarlett Johansson was "hell"

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26/07/23 | StarsInsider

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Movies and TV have a way of making sex and relationships seem glamorous at every angle. From passionate kisses in the rain to steamy love under the sheets, watching those scenes can surely make you wonder what really happened on set. Most of the time, it's not what you'd think. Many actors have opened up about just how uncomfortable these moments are, and sometimes, they're barely consensual.  

In the case of Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson's on-screen intimacy in the 2011 film 'We Bought a Zoo,' there wasn't anything particularly notable, except Damon described their kiss as "hell." Appearing in LADBible TV's 'Agree to Disagree' with 'Oppenheimer' co-star Emily Blunt, the actors were discussing whether they agree or disagree that you have to tell someone when they have bad breath. They both agreed that it was right to tell the person, though subtly, before a producer brought up the topic of bad breath in intimate scenes.

"I had to kiss Scarlett [Johansson]—had to kiss. Can you imagine how horrible that was for me?—but we did," Damon launched into his story, earning a jokingly hard time from Blunt about how bad it must have been to kiss Johansson's soft lips. "It was hell, ok?" Damon laughed and continued. "What happened was we did a shot before lunch and it was like this nice little two-shot that ended in the kiss. And it was really good. And we went to lunch and she and I both thought it was over."

That's where things took a turn. "She ate like an onion sandwich for lunch," Damon said. "And she came in and [We Bought a Zoo director] Cameron Crowe had set the camera up and it was like a tight shot of the kiss. And she goes, 'Oh [ ].' She goes, 'I literally just had I had like an onion sandwich. I thought we did this.'" He said he made fun of her breath and they just got it over with. He did ultimately clarify however, that usually, without the onion sandwiches, "her breath smells like roses."

So here it is, the awkward, the ugly, and the hilarious. Check out these real stories from Hollywood sex scenes.

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