Scarlett Johannson sat on the steps of the Old Orchard police station with a surly expression. She had just been arrested for getting into a scrum at the amusement park. In addition, Scarlett was surrepticiously collecting tickets from kids wanting to get on the bumper cars, even though she wasn't an employee. The fact that she took the tickets and sold them for cash was sobering. The cops swooped in and questioned Scarlett. She said they didn't have one scintilla of proof and since the police was saddled with more serious investigations, they let her go. Seeing the inside of a jail cell stoked Scarlett's fears of going down the wrong path. Her fried dough addiction was a subject rarely broached by her staff. Her usual focused approach to acting often became scattershot when she didn't get her fix. Hardly anyone knew of her debilitating preoccupation with cinnamon sugar fried dough - not even co-stars of her most seminal movie, The Avengers. During shooting, she was straight-laced and professional but if she didn't have at least a dozen fried dough every day, she simply huddled in a corner of the set shaking with laughter. Once, Robert Downey, Jr. sniggered upon seeing her sneak her sumptuous snack and she simply stiffened beside him, fighting the urge to smack him silly.
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