{"id":27000,"date":"2026-08-04T07:07:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T02:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27000"},"modified":"2026-08-04T07:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T02:07:25","slug":"samantha-morton-says-being-replaced-by-scarlett-johansson-in-her-still-does-hurt-just-jared-celebrity-news-and-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27000","title":{"rendered":"Samantha Morton says Being Replaced by Scarlett Johansson in &#8216;Her&#8217; Still &#8216;Does Hurt&#8217; | Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2259279\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/samantha-morton-scarlett-johansson-her-788x444.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Samantha Morton poses in a brown dress at an event for The Odyssey.\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/samantha-morton-scarlett-johansson-her-428x241.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/samantha-morton-scarlett-johansson-her-788x444.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100px, 788px\" loading=\"eager\" data-cf-ratio=\"788x444\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/samantha-morton\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Samantha Morton<\/strong><\/a> is still \u201churt\u201d over being replaced in the Oscar-winning movie <em>Her <\/em>by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/scarlett-johansson\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Scarlett Johansson<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 49-year-old <em>Odyssey <\/em>star visited the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IR7dK6vcqS4?si=GuTPOiOLT_4Y3znr&amp;t=2756\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Happy Sad Confused<\/a><\/em> podcast recently and expanded on what led to the change-up in casting after she was previously set to play the artificial intelligence operating system also named Samantha that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/joaquin-phoenix\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Joaquin Phoenix<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s character falls in love with in the 2013 movie. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWell, I have to say that it\u2019s every director\u2019s prerogative, in regards to the final cut of the film,\u201d <strong>Samantha <\/strong>said. \u201cAnd for any job, you\u2019re never guaranteed to be in it in the end because unless you are the lead in the movie and you\u2019re pivotal, you never really know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Walking Dead<\/em> alum admitted she\u2019d previously been warned not to get \u201ctoo excited\u201d about any role because there is always a possibility you won\u2019t make it to the finished product.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She continued, \u201cBut with that I was surprised and a little sad would be an understatement. But, again, I think that the time I had on set with <strong>Joaquin <\/strong>and the working with <strong>Spike <\/strong>on the script and finding Samantha and all the work that we did was really special.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Samantha <\/strong>shared that they even created a special booth for her to record all of her sounds and lines, calling it a \u201cblack kind of padded phone box.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That being said, she also revealed that <strong>Scarlett<\/strong>\u2018s final version was \u201cvery, very different\u201d from hers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI have to say, I think my version of Samantha was very she\u2019s English,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was just very, very different. And I think <strong>Scarlett Johansson<\/strong> has a beautiful voice. She\u2019s incredibly evocative. It\u2019s, you know, I got it, but I was sad.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Samantha Morton on THE ODYSSEY, THE WALKING DEAD, MINORITY REPORT, &amp; more!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IR7dK6vcqS4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She had also been on set at times and worked alongside <strong>Joaquin <\/strong>for some of his scenes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe did work together, opposite each other, and that was, I loved it, but I was sad. It does hurt when you\u2019re fired from something or before it. I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She added, \u201cWhat I\u2019d have wished for was another chance in a booth to do an American accent. But I think, you know, <strong>Scarlett Johansson<\/strong>! 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