Scarlett Johansson's 911 Call
The LAT has obtained the transcript from Scarlett Johansson's 911 call following her recent paparazzi-induced fender-bender at Disneyland. Johansson stayed admirably calm and collected through the conversation with the dispatcher, never once calling hysterically for the Jaws of Life to free her iPod from her damaged vehicle, or, for that matter, to loose the other party from their steel prison. But the call was not without drama, as some unexpected tension arises when Johansson discovers that her accident-partner's ride is tragically unfashionable.
Johansson: I'm Scarlett Johansson, an actor. They've been following me all the way here. But we've gotten into an accident - not with the paparazzi but with a woman behind us.
Dispatcher: Ok. Are you actually...so everyone's on the right shoulder?
Johansson: Yeah, we're on the shoulder.
Dispatcher: And no one's hurt?
Johansson: I'm sorry? No one's hurt - no.
Dispatcher: And, Miss Johansson, what kind of vehicle are you in?
Johansson: I'm in a Mercedes CLK 500.
Dispatcher: What color is it?
Johansson: Black.
Dispatcher: And the other vehicle - do you know what it is?
Johansson: I'm sorry?
Dispatcher: The other vehicle - do you know what it is?
Johansson: The other vehicle is a [calls to other driver] what kind of a vehicle do you have? A green [to other driver] what is it? [to dispatcher] A Daewoo.
So it seems this was a collision both literal and metaphorical, one of young and old, Hollywood and civilian, the finest German engineering and sensible Korean economy. With universal themes like these at play, it won't be long before a studio options this transcript as a starring vehicle for someone far more bankable than Johansson. Appropriately heavy-handed treatment to follow from Crash's Paul Haggis—we're thinking the driver of the Daewoo will turn out to be the Johansson character's birth mother.
