Actress Scarlett Johansson had nice things to say about Adam Driver, and now it seems he is returning the favor! The “Jurassic World Rebirth” actress first worked with the “Star Wars” actor on 2019’s “Marriage Story” before teaming up with him again on 2026’s “Paper Tiger.” The comments come on the heels of Lena Dunham and her 2026 memoir “Famesick,” in which she alleged that the actor threw a chair in her direction after she forgot her lines and screamed in her face while they were filming the hit HBO comedy “Girls.”
In 2019’s “Marriage Story,” Johansson starred opposite Driver in the acclaimed Noah Baumbach drama that follows two parents navigating a tumultuous custody battle amid their divorce. In September 2025, she told PEOPLE magazine that it was “great” working with the “Paterson” actor.
“I love Adam as a person, and he is an absolutely extraordinary actor,” she said at the time. “If I could make every movie with Adam Driver, I would.”
Scarlett Johansson Recalls Their ‘Brutal’ Scenes In ‘Marriage Story’
In 2019, she opened up to As If magazine about how “brutal” some of their scenes were to film. “We spent two entire days screaming at each other, brutally screaming and fighting for two full days,” she shared at the time.
“It was exhausting, but if I didn’t have as strong an actor as Adam to take all the stuff I was giving him, I would have been lost,” she added. “For me, working with other actors is a really important part of what I do … it’s everything.”
In “Paper Tiger,” she isn’t married to Driver, but the two did share a few scenes together. “I would’ve loved to have had even more scenework with him, I love working with him,” she told The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the film’s premiere at the Cannes film festival last week.
Adam Driver Recalls His ‘History’ With Scarlett Johansson On ‘Paper Tiger’
While speaking to Collider about his relationship with his “Paper Tiger” costars, Driver praised Miles Teller, who is married to Scarlett Johansson’s character in this film, as “very generous and prepared.”
“Scarlett, I’d worked with before, so we immediately had a history and a familiarity that we didn’t have to work at that,” he continued. “And it really, honestly, wasn’t a big thing to work out with Miles. He was very forthcoming with how he related to the script, and I was too.”
Adam Driver Describes Filming ‘Some Very Intimate Moments’ With Scarlett Johansson On ‘Marriage Story’
He went on to discuss their working relationship on “Marriage Story,” which he described as a “challenging shoot” due to their intense argument scenes.
“We had some very intimate moments on Marriage Story — on set, to be clear. That was a challenging shoot, and a lot of people were being very generous in the shooting of that,” he explained. “So, I felt immediately familiar with Scarlett. She’s great.”
“She’s another actor where she’s not only thinking about her character, she’s thinking about the culture on set and making sure that the whole system is operating,” he continued. “She’s generous, she’s prepared, she’s awesome, awesome to work with.”
While filming “Girls,” Dunham alleged that Driver could be “verbally aggressive” toward her and even once “hurled a chair at the wall” next to her when she forgot her lines.
“I remember doing a fight scene with Adam and how scary it was to meet someone so totally present with such absence,” Dunham wrote. “Late one night, as we practiced lines in my trailer, I found that mine were suddenly gone. I knew I’d written them. I’d known them only minutes before. But when I opened my mouth, all that came out was a stammer — until finally, Adam screamed, ‘F-CKING SAY SOMETHING’ and hurled a chair at the wall next to me. ‘WAKE THE F-CK UP,’ he told me. ‘I’M SICK OF WATCHING YOU JUST STARE.’”
While promoting “Paper Tiger” at the Cannes Film Festival, Driver was asked if there was any truth to her allegations. “I have no comment on any of that,” he said, as per Deadline. “I’m saving it all for my book.”