Matt Damon says it was ‘hell’ kissing ‘onion-breath’ Scarlett Johansson

Jul 21, 2023 at 4:03 PM

Damon, 52, who starred alongside the actress within the 2011 comedy, We Bought A Zoo, spoke concerning the scene throughout a sport he and his Oppenheimer co-star Emily Blunt participated in for LadBible.

When the off-camera hosts requested him and Blunt whether or not “you should tell someone if they have bad breath”, the pair agreed that slightly than telling somebody instantly, they’d subtly provide them some chewing gum as an alternative.

Damon then recalled having to unexpectedly kiss Johansson within the scene.

“Can you imagine how horrible that was for me?!” he joked.

Kenneth Branagh, Rami Malek, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Cillian Murphy and Christopher Nolan attend UK Premiere of “Oppenheimer” on the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on July 13, 2023 in London, England. Pic Credit: Dave Benett

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He elaborated: “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 sh**, I literally just had an onion sandwich!’”

Asked by Blunt whether or not he was nonetheless “slightly aroused” when kissing the actress, Damon jokingly replied: “I was making fun of her the entire time about her onion breath, which I didn’t even smell… because her breath smells like roses.”

The Oscar-winner stars as Lt Leslie Groves Jr, director of the Manhattan Project, in Christopher Nolan’s biopic Oppenheimer, which is about to be this summer time’s blockbuster.