Photo: Monica Schipper/Getty; Matt Baron/BEI/ShutterstockScarlett Johannsonis recalling the time she randomly reconnected withBill Murray.TheBlack Widowactress, 38, opened up to hostGwyneth Paltrowon Tuesday’s episode of the Goop podcast aboutunexpectedly running into her former costar10-plus years after they filmed 2003’sLost in Translation.“I didn’t see him for a decade or more. It was a long time,” Johansson began. “And then I walked into a bar with my ex-boyfriend from a long time ago … and there was only one person at the bar and it was Bill Murray.““It was so weird,” she continued. “I walked in, and I saw him sitting there — nobody else there — and I was like, ‘Oh my God.’ I had to walk out. I was like, ‘It’s Bill! I haven’t seen him in so long.’ ““It had been a decade of time, more than a decade of time. [I was] like ‘All right, I guess I’ll have to go and see what’s up.'“Everett Collection"It was such a weird moment. It was like a dream,” the two-timeOscarnominee said of seeing Murray, 72, there after all those years. “And then I went in there and he was also surprised. Actually, it was kind of therapeutic. We sort of talked through that time.“Johansson recalled of their experiences of filmingLost in Translationtogether, “I think it was hard for him too because he had a lot of stuff going on with his family and his marriage. And it was like he was also not totally knowing what we were doing out there in Tokyo over those weeks.““It was, I think, his way of coping was being really sort of manic in this way. I don’t know, we had a cathartic experience in that weird bar,” she added.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Johansson and Murray played opposite each other inSofia Coppola’s second feature film,Lost in Translation. The 2003 romantic comedy-drama follows out-of-work actor Bob (Murray), who travels to Tokyo in the midst of his mid-life crisis to promote a whisky brand. There, he meets recent college graduate Charlotte (Johansson), also struggling with what to make of her future.Murray wasaccused of sexual misconducton the set of the movieBeing Mortalin April 2022. At the time, he spoke toCNBC, saying he “had a difference of opinion” with a woman working on the production.Other actors, includingLucy Liu,Geena DavisandSeth Green, have since spoken out and shared negative experiences of working with him on set.
Photo: Monica Schipper/Getty; Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock
Scarlett Johannsonis recalling the time she randomly reconnected withBill Murray.TheBlack Widowactress, 38, opened up to hostGwyneth Paltrowon Tuesday’s episode of the Goop podcast aboutunexpectedly running into her former costar10-plus years after they filmed 2003’sLost in Translation.“I didn’t see him for a decade or more. It was a long time,” Johansson began. “And then I walked into a bar with my ex-boyfriend from a long time ago … and there was only one person at the bar and it was Bill Murray.““It was so weird,” she continued. “I walked in, and I saw him sitting there — nobody else there — and I was like, ‘Oh my God.’ I had to walk out. I was like, ‘It’s Bill! I haven’t seen him in so long.’ ““It had been a decade of time, more than a decade of time. [I was] like ‘All right, I guess I’ll have to go and see what’s up.'“Everett Collection"It was such a weird moment. It was like a dream,” the two-timeOscarnominee said of seeing Murray, 72, there after all those years. “And then I went in there and he was also surprised. Actually, it was kind of therapeutic. We sort of talked through that time.“Johansson recalled of their experiences of filmingLost in Translationtogether, “I think it was hard for him too because he had a lot of stuff going on with his family and his marriage. And it was like he was also not totally knowing what we were doing out there in Tokyo over those weeks.““It was, I think, his way of coping was being really sort of manic in this way. I don’t know, we had a cathartic experience in that weird bar,” she added.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Johansson and Murray played opposite each other inSofia Coppola’s second feature film,Lost in Translation. The 2003 romantic comedy-drama follows out-of-work actor Bob (Murray), who travels to Tokyo in the midst of his mid-life crisis to promote a whisky brand. There, he meets recent college graduate Charlotte (Johansson), also struggling with what to make of her future.Murray wasaccused of sexual misconducton the set of the movieBeing Mortalin April 2022. At the time, he spoke toCNBC, saying he “had a difference of opinion” with a woman working on the production.Other actors, includingLucy Liu,Geena DavisandSeth Green, have since spoken out and shared negative experiences of working with him on set.
Scarlett Johannsonis recalling the time she randomly reconnected withBill Murray.
TheBlack Widowactress, 38, opened up to hostGwyneth Paltrowon Tuesday’s episode of the Goop podcast aboutunexpectedly running into her former costar10-plus years after they filmed 2003’sLost in Translation.
“I didn’t see him for a decade or more. It was a long time,” Johansson began. “And then I walked into a bar with my ex-boyfriend from a long time ago … and there was only one person at the bar and it was Bill Murray.”
“It was so weird,” she continued. “I walked in, and I saw him sitting there — nobody else there — and I was like, ‘Oh my God.’ I had to walk out. I was like, ‘It’s Bill! I haven’t seen him in so long.’ "
“It had been a decade of time, more than a decade of time. [I was] like ‘All right, I guess I’ll have to go and see what’s up.'”
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“It was such a weird moment. It was like a dream,” the two-timeOscarnominee said of seeing Murray, 72, there after all those years. “And then I went in there and he was also surprised. Actually, it was kind of therapeutic. We sort of talked through that time.”
Johansson recalled of their experiences of filmingLost in Translationtogether, “I think it was hard for him too because he had a lot of stuff going on with his family and his marriage. And it was like he was also not totally knowing what we were doing out there in Tokyo over those weeks.”
“It was, I think, his way of coping was being really sort of manic in this way. I don’t know, we had a cathartic experience in that weird bar,” she added.
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Johansson and Murray played opposite each other inSofia Coppola’s second feature film,Lost in Translation. The 2003 romantic comedy-drama follows out-of-work actor Bob (Murray), who travels to Tokyo in the midst of his mid-life crisis to promote a whisky brand. There, he meets recent college graduate Charlotte (Johansson), also struggling with what to make of her future.
Murray wasaccused of sexual misconducton the set of the movieBeing Mortalin April 2022. At the time, he spoke toCNBC, saying he “had a difference of opinion” with a woman working on the production.
Other actors, includingLucy Liu,Geena DavisandSeth Green, have since spoken out and shared negative experiences of working with him on set.
source: people.com
