Samantha Morton at the premiere of The Odyssey last month via Associated PressThe Odyssey star Samantha Morton has admitted that it stung to be replaced by Scarlett Johansson for a major role earlier in her career. AdvertisementIn fact, Samantha even spent months on set of the Joaquin Phoenix project, and recorded her lines as the central AI service (whose name, confusingly, was also Samantha). However, in the end, the director opted to have Scarlett take over in the role, which Samantha was asked about during an appearance on the podcast Happy, Sad, Confused. And I think Scarlett Johansson has a beautiful voice. “But I think, you know, Scarlett Johansson!”