A planned cover for Vanity Fair magazine on Scarlett Johansson may be scrapped because the actress' pictures were apparently less stellar than expected, reports the New York Post.

The magazine reportedly spent almost $50,000 on a lavish, two-day cover shoot with the "Lost in Translation" star, who was left "devastated" after the lukewarm response.

"Scarlett said she didn't want to be seen as a bimbo and she didn't want to do anything too outrageous. In the end, [the pictures] just weren't interesting," a source was quoted as saying.

Both Johansson's and Vanity Fair's reps have denied the reports.