Scarlett Johansson has won $2500 in legal damages against an author in Paris.
The Hollywood star claimed that a fictional blonde character in Grégoire Delacourt's novel, The First Thing We Look At, was her double and represented her in defamatory manner.
Scarlett Johansson said the character in the novel was defamatory (Lexie Appleby/Future Image/WENN.com)
The character in the book is a French model and a Johansson look-alike, which the author told The Sun was meant to be a "tribute."
''She is a wonderful, iconic actress. I was hoping that she might send me flowers because this book is, in a way, a declaration of love,'' Delacourt said.
''If I had known she was going to kick up such a racket, I would have picked another actress.''
Johansson's lawyer argued that the novel wasn't a tribute because it represents the actress as a "sex object" and details a series of various affairs that the character had, which Johansson called defamatory as they never happened. The French judge agreed and awarded the pregnant actress $2500 in damages and $2500 to cover legal costs.
Johansson had expected to receive damages of $50,000, but this was rejected.
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