Scarlett Johansson stopped by The Kelly Clarkson Present on Monday (Sept. 26) for a sport that put her again within the footwear of her character from 2019’s A Marriage Story.
Within the sport, “Catch a Riff of This,” the actress and host Kelly Clarkson confronted off attempting to guess fashionable songs primarily based on a single guitar riff. However when it got here to the long-lasting melody of “Candy Residence Alabama,” the matter of who earned the purpose got here into rivalry.
Whereas Clarkson was initially awarded the purpose, she finally gave it as much as Johansson. “OK, right here’s the factor: I can’t cheat so I used to be attempting to determine what it was and he or she gave it to me,” the host admitted. “As a result of she stated, ‘Candy residence…’ and I didn’t actually, I knew the tune, it could’ve took me longer.”
“Oh, you’re gonna be beneficiant now?…You determined to be beneficiant now?” Johansson quipped, as she was down seven to 4 by that time within the sport — even with Clarkson’s concession.
However as soon as she had earned the purpose, the sport’s moderator made a particular request: that she carry out the Lynyrd Skynyrd traditional with “Marriage Story ranges of depth.”
“How does that even work?” the two-time Oscar nominee laughed earlier than dramatically reciting, “Large wheels carry on turning/ Lord, I’m comin’ residence to you, yeah!” and forgetting the remainder of the lyrics.
Considered one of Johansson’s two Oscar nods got here from her portrayal of Nicole Barber within the Netflix drama reverse Adam Driver. A important success, the relationship-driven story additionally sparked tons of of Web memes because of the fictional couple’s dramatic, argument-fraught relationship. The function earned Johansson a finest actress Oscar nomination, and he or she earned a second nod (additionally in 2020) for finest supporting actress for Jojo Rabbit.
Watch Johansson’s hilarious recitation of “Candy Residence Alabama” beneath.
