Scarlett Johansson takes exception to having her name used in literary fiction without her permission. The American actress is suing a French author and his publisher for describing a character in the bestselling novel "The First thing We Look At" as her exact double.

In the novel by writer Gregoire Delacourt, a merchanic in the northern village of Somme in France first believes that the woman who shows up at his door is Scarlett Johansson. However, sixty pages later in the book, he finds out that the woman isn't the actress, but a doppelganger named Jeanine Foucaprez.

Delacourt is "stupefied" that the 28-year-old "Avengers" star is suing him, saying that he is convinced that she has not even read the book, which is in French and has yet to be translated to other languages.

"I am also very sad. I was hoping that she might send me flowers because this book is, in a way, a declaration of love," he told French paper Le Figaro.

"She is an archetypal beauty of our times, very human with a touching fragility. She is a wonderful, iconic actress."

The author added that many personal details of the actress' life has been printed online, which allows the public to feel as if they know her.

"All these famous people live with us all the time. Celeb culture is imposed on us by the media, the press, the Internet. So her complaint is based n exactly the phenomenon I am denouncing. It's a paradox. But I suppose it's all very American."

His novel, which also compares his main male character to Ryan Gosling, and his boss to Gene Hackman, is intended as a satire on celebrity culture, Delacourt said.

The author reiterated that he wrote a book of fiction, saying, "I also describe someone being hurt when their airbag fails to inflate. Am I going to be sued by airbag manufacturers?"

Johansson is suing Delacourt and his publisher JC Lattes for "breach and fraudulent use of personal rights," seeking compensation and damages, as well as a ban on "future transfer of rights and adaptations of the book."

"The First Thing We Look At" hit stores in France on March 20.