For the role, Favreau attended a week-long course at a French culinary school and then worked on the line in the L.A.-based restaurants owned by chef and food truck pioneer Roy Choi, who went from consultant to co-producer on the movie. Favreau’s focus on the food borders on fetish, particularly when aphrodisiac pasta gets slurped through Scarlett Johansson’s pillowy lips. She does herAvengers’ director a charity by taking a turn as an edgy, fringed restaurant hostess who trades sexual favors for well-prepared food.
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