Liev Schreiber fires back at Scarlett Johansson for ‘loogie’ comment

Liev Schreiber has fired back at his Broadway co-star Scarlett Johansson, accusing her of exaggerating an embarrassing incident when he accidentally spat in her face on stage.

The pair is currently appearing in the Arthur Miller play “A View From the Bridge,” in which Johansson portrays a 17-year-old girl in 1950s New York with Schreiber as her uncle.

The actress recently appeared on the “Late Show with David Letterman” and recalled a scene when Schreiber allegedly disgusted theatergoers when he mistakenly spat an “asteroid-size loogie” on her forehead.

But Schreiber insists the whole incident – which he calls “loogiegate” – has been blown out of proportion by the blonde beauty.

He told MTV News, “If I were to produce the loogie, how on earth could I actually produce an ‘asteroid size’ loogie? I think it’s unfair because the reality of what happened is a spittle escaped from the side of my mouth while I was acting in a very dramatic play. What’s disturbing to me is that this is now international news. This is an acclaimed Arthur Miller play and all she could think of saying was that I hawked a loogie.”

Johansson and Schreiber’s limited run is scheduled to end on April 4.

Source : SF Gate

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Scarlett Johansson Is ‘Utterly Dreamy’ in First Broadway Role

Scarlett Johansson made her Broadway debut Sunday night, but one person was noticeably absent: her husband, Ryan Reynolds.

It turns out that Reynolds, 33, “missed his flight and needed to take a later flight,” says a source. He had been at the Sundance Film Festival, promoting his drama Buried.

No worries, though. One of Johansson’s costars in A View from the Bridge says Reynolds often popped in to see his wife during rehearsals.

“He came up several times. They’re so lovely together and he’s so supportive,” says Jessica Hecht. “He would come up in between the breaks, like between the matinee and evening, just to have dinner with her. They’re just a really sweet couple.”

Even without her hubby in the audience, Johansson still had a blast. “It’s very exciting. It’s kind of unbelievable actually. I never thought I would be debuting on Broadway in an Arthur Miller play,” an excited Johansson told PEOPLE at the after party.

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Opening night for “A View from the Bridge”

Scarlett Johansson and cast at the opening night for “A View from the Bridge” on January 24.

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Perform A View From The Bridge in New York

HQ picture (some is MQ) during Scarlett Johansson Perform “A View From The Bridge” in New York on January 20.

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A View From The Bridge (PIC)

LQ picture from A View From The Bridge

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First look of Scarlett Johnasson in “A View From the Bridge”

EW.com published first look of Scarlett Johnasson and Broadway vet Liev Schreiber in “A View From the Bridge” Broadway’s stage which Officially opening Jan. 24

Liev Schreiber also reveal that “I’ve just been really impressed with her composure”

“Broadway is a pressurized situation and we’ve had a really short rehearsal period….She’s really evolved so much, especially over the last two to three weeks.”

“I’m blown away by her, I’ve kind of fallen for Scarlett.” he added

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Johansson in View

She may be the latest in a long line of celebrities to infiltrate Broadway, but Scarlett Johansson arrives with a bit more in the way of credentials than many among the recent crop of Us Weekly regulars.

A native New Yorker, who first appeared on stage at age 8 in an Off Broadway production of “Sophistry,” she is making her Broadway debut as Catherine in the revival of “A View From the Bridge” by Arthur Miller.

“She has her work cut out for her” Steven McElroy writes, “acting opposite Liev Schreiber, who is likely to bring some smoldering force to Eddie Carbone, the Brooklyn longshoreman obsessed with his 17-year-old niece (Ms. Johansson). This play is not one to dispel your winter doldrums. Just as in ‘Death of a Salesman,’ Miller created a dreary, Everyman-as-tragic-hero drama in ‘Bridge.’

It is not a subtle play — we know just where this story is headed from early in the telling — but suspense is not the point. In the right hands the jealousy that consumes Eddie and the catastrophic results that follow ought to be the stuff of great tragedy.” Previews begin tonight at the Cort Theater.

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Scarlett Johansson’s upcoming Broadway performance

Please follow the link to view an official site of Scarlett Johansson‘s upcoming appearance in a revival of Arthur Miller’s “A View From The Bridge”

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“A View From the Bridge” cast meet and greet

Scarlett Johansson and the cast of “A View From the Bridge” are meet and greet in New York City on December 9.

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