Scarlett Johansson Terrified Shooting Psycho Shower Scene For New Movie

_Actress Scarlett Johansson_ was terrified shooting the iconic Psycho shower scene with __Anthony Hopkins in her upcoming movie Hitchcock - because she couldn't get his portrayal of serial killer Hannibal Lecter out of her head.

The _A_vengers star portrays Psycho star Janet Leigh in the film, which examines the story behind the 1959 classic _A_lfred Hitchcock horror movie, and she she admits the thought of fighting off the Silence of the Lambs villain in a bathroom was one that kept her up at night.

She tells V magazine, "You have got to be brave, get into the shower, and face _A_nthony Hopkins as Hitchcock jabbing you in the face with a 12-inch kitchen knife.

"_A_s much as _A_nthony Hopkins is a pussycat, he's terrifying. Maybe I watched Silence of the Lambs too many times when I was a kid. Maybe I was having some flashbacks. So I didn't need too much preparation for the scene."

But otherwise, Johansson thoroughly enjoyed playing the scream queen - and had no problems stripping off for the shower scene.

She adds, "We only had the luxury to shoot the scene for a day, and everybody was feeling very nervous because it involved water and nobody wants the actor to get wet. They were concerned with modesty and all these things - but I don't care about any of that stuff and Janet Leigh never did either."