Scarlett Johansson is putting off plans to appear on Broadway - because she suffers from "crippling" stage fright.
The actress admits treading the boards in New York is a dream of hers, but she has to overcome a phobia of performing live first.
The stagefright is made all the more surprising because Johansson happily appeared in numerous plays as a child actress.
She tells America's Glamour magazine, "I would love to work on Broadway, but I don't know that it would manifest itself in musical theatre... I have terrible stage fright that I'd have to get over.
"(It is) crippling. Not as a kid. It came on when I was a teenager, and I think it somehow sticks with you."
The actress is back on the big screen when she joins the Iron Man franchise for the second movie in the series.
She takes on the role of Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, an undercover spy posing as Stark's assistant.
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