We Bought a Zoo

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Matt Damon 'Cried Like a Baby' Around Snakes on Set

Originally posted 12/13/2011 05:30PM

Scarlett Johansson wasn't fazed by her animal costars in the new movie We Bought a Zoo – except maybe her human ones.

For the actress, the scariest moment on the film "was watching Matt Damon cry like a baby and rock back and forth when the snakes were spread all over the set."

Johansson grew up with reptiles, cats and horses, and had a degree of comfort around the working animals, but Damon wore his fear on his sleeve – and his face.

"He was pretty terrified," Johansson told PEOPLE at the movie's New York premiere Monday night.

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