Scarlett Johansson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt star together in the new film Don Jon, which Gordon-Levitt also wrote and directed. The pair play New Jersey couple Jon and Barbara, who face Jon’s obsession with pornography and objectification of women. “I think certainly, not just as a person in the spotlight, but also as a woman, I’m used to being objectified,” Johansson told uInterview exclusively. “I think that it’s important not to just feel that that can kind of clip your wings or pigeon-hole you, but actually to try not to let those things, those limits really affect your desire to challenge yourself and to place yourself outside of the box.”

Gordon-Levitt also brought his actor’s perspective to the material. “You’ll miss all that good stuff if you’re busy comparing your life to what you’ve seen on a screen and so that’s a lot of what I wanted to poke fun at by making this movie,” he told Uinterview.

The movie isn’t shy about about depicting the graphic sex scenes. “There were very specific points that had to be hit so that can take the magic out of it a little bit. But you know, we kept it pretty steamy,” Johannson said.

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