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Thornton Was 'Terrified' of Johansson

29th December 2010

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Billy Bob Thornton was "terrified" of working with a teenage Scarlett Johansson on THE Man Who Wasn't There - because the young star was so maturefor her age.

There's a scene where she's (simulating oral sex) in this car

In the 2001 Coen brothers' drama, Thornton stars as a barber who is seduced by a friend's teenage daughter, played by Johansson, and he admits he was in awe of her self-assuredness at just 15 years old.

He tells Britain's Total Film magazine, "Scarlett was 15 at that time. We were all afraid of Scarlett. Because she wouldn't put up with s**t from anybody. "There's a scene where she's (simulating oral sex) in this car.

I put afurniture pad on my lap out of respect for a 15-year-old girl who's doing this b**w job scene.

Scarlett just threw it off and goes, 'What are youdoing? I'm not some little kid.

I'm not a moron.' We were all terrified of Scarlett".