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Johansson: ‘Wedding was like a drug deal’

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:09:48 +0000

Scarlett Johannson has compared arranging her wedding to doing a drug deal. The actress, who married Ryan Reynolds in 2008, explained that she had tried to keep the ceremony private. Speaking to David Letterman, she explained: “I got married in a very remote part of Canada. Well, that’s probably most of Canada! “It’s absolutely unbelievable. I mean, where we got married there were bears and whales and eagles.” Johannson added: “I never thought that I’d be planning my wedding in, like, a dark alley somewhere, but it’s turned out that way. It was really quite secretive and I felt like I was doing a drug deal without all the fun. “We tried to be very private about it and it seemed to pay off. There was a moment – it was at the edge of earth, absolutely the middle of nowhere, but we did have helicopters. That was terrifying.”

Schreiber: ‘I’ve fallen for Johansson’

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:57:46 +0000

Actor Liev Schreiber was blown away by Scarlett Johansson in rehearsals for upcoming Broadway production A View From The Bridge – and has “kind of fallen” for the actress. The Lost In Translation beauty is making her Broadway debut in the Arthur Miller show, which sees her play the niece Schreiber’s character, Eddie Carbone, is obsessed with. And the Defiance actor is full of praise for his co-star. He tells Entertainment Weekly, “I’ve just been really impressed with her composure. Broadway is a pressurised situation and we’ve had a really short rehearsal period. She’s really evolved so much, especially over the last two to three weeks. “I’m blown away by her. I’ve kind of fallen for Scarlett.” The show previewed at the Cort Theatre over Christmas and is set to officially open on January 24 for a 14-week run.

Johansson’s New Year’s Pizza

admin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:15:21 +0000

Scarlett Johansson will spend New Year’s Eve eating pizza and watching The Twilight Zone. The 25-year-old actress – who is married to actor Ryan Reynolds – will see in 2010 with a take away, champagne and a marathon viewing session of the cult show because of work commitments. She said: “We’re both working on New Year’s Day anyway. So, we won’t do much. You know, pizza would be nice, a little champagne. Maybe watch the Twilight Zone marathon. That’s always a favourite for me.” The screen beauty is “over” big celebratory parties and much prefers a quiet night in these days. She laughed: “Going from one party to the next and surfing to find the right thing, and being in a taxicab when the clock strikes – I’m so over that stuff. At the ripe old age of 25. I have the most fun when I’m surrounded by people I love in one place that’s comfortable and we can hear each other. You can play card games, watch movies, I’m happy.”

Johansson Felt Sorry For Iron Man Stuntmen

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:41:19 +0000

Scarlett Johansson felt “so sorry” for the stuntmen in her upcoming movie Iron Man 2 — because they couldn’t go to the toilet! The actress — who wears a skin-tight catsuit in the flick for her role as the Black Widow — says her colleagues could rarely relieve themselves because of their heavy and complicated costumes. “You’re working with the stunt crew and they’re going through the craziest stuff so you feel bad about complaining that your knee has been blue for three months,” explains Scarlett. “The guys doing the stunts in those Iron Man suits, they can’t move in it and can’t take it off. “I’d say, ‘Have you peed today?’ and they’re like, ‘No, we can’t move, we can’t take it off, we can’t drink any water.’ I felt so sorry for them.”

Scarlett Johansson’s africa nerves

admin — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:46:34 +0000

Scarlett Johansson was “apprehensive” about doing charity work in Africa. The 25-year-old actress was nervous when she recently travelled to Rwanda to support several women’s charities – which help improve the lives of females in the poverty-hit region – because she had been warned she might be disturbed by what she saw. She said: “I had a bit of apprehension walking into the first hospital. But I soon realised you’re standing before people. They might be very ill but they’re just people like everyone else. Suddenly you’re not aware of how you’re feeling, how you’re going to look. If you let your guard down and stop being aware of yourself, you’re able to really connect with people.” During her work with charity Red, the blonde beauty was amazed by how positive the women she visited were and how strong their bond was with each other. She told Harper’s Bazaar magazine : “I’ve always found women have power in numbers. We draw strength from the support of other women.” The curvaceous actress has since posed in sexy animal-print outfits for a photo shoot in Harper’s Bazaar magazine to raise awareness of the cause.

The 100 Sexiest Movie Stars!

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:45:30 +0000

Scarlett was voted #04 at The 100 Sexiest Movie Stars list! Here’s what they had to say on her:
With a voice just north of Meredith McCambridge’s Exorcist drawl and a perfectly proportioned body, ScarJo is made almost exactly like they used to be. An old-school movie star, with an old-school movie star body and pipes, she’s so perfectly suited to noir that you half expect her to be in black and white.
Most alluring as… The provocative and coquettish Nola Rice in Woody Allen’s Match Point. Allen and alluring are two concepts that are usually strange bedfellows, but we remind you of her rain-soaked tryst with Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Case closed.
Interests include… Trying to get a musical career off the ground, lending that smoky voice to an album of Tom Waits covers (awful), and a recent album with Pete Yorn (surprisingly not awful).

Knightley beats Johansson to win “My Fair Lady” role

admin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:32:25 +0000

Keira Knightley has beaten Scarlett Johansson to land the part of Eliza Doolittle in a new film adaptation of My Fair Lady, it has emerged. Now the 24-year-old actress will be seen starring in the film which will be directed by Joe Wright. “Joe and Keira are looking forward to working together again immensely,” says a friend of the 37-year-old director. In August, it was reported that Knightley had been forced to compete with Johansson, 24, for the role of the Cockney flower seller played by Audrey Hepburn in the 1964 film, reports The Telegraph. “I have two actresses as potential Elizas, one British, the other American,” said Sir Cameron Mackintosh, who is producing the film with Duncan Kenworthy, at the time. “You’d know their names, but I’m not letting on,” he added. Recently, Kenworthy said: “I think Keira would be absolutely fabulous in it.” Emma Thompson is writing the film’s script, for which Daniel Craig has been mooted as a possible Professor Henry Higgins.

Yorn stunned by Johansson’s singing talents

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:35:25 +0000

Singer/songwriter Pete Yorn had no idea Scarlett Johansson could sing when he asked her to be part of his latest musical project – and feels like he struck gold. Yorn confesses he dreamed up a collaboration with Johansson after listening to Serge Gainsbourg’s 1960s recordings with Brigitte Bardot, and he admits he was more interested in his music partner’s sexual allure than her singing abilities when he got in touch with her back in 2006. He says, “It (her singing) wouldn’t have mattered. It was more about her presence and attitude. But I got lucky that she has an amazing voice… she picked up everything really fast.” Johansson made her music debut last year with an album of Tom Waits covers, entitled Anywhere I Lay My Head. Yorn and Johansson’s new album, Break Up, has been critically acclaimed.

Johansson ‘crippled’ by stage fright

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:39:19 +0000

Scarlett Johansson is putting off plans to appear on Broadway – because she suffers from “crippling” stage fright. The actress admits treading the boards in New York is a dream of hers, but she has to overcome a phobia of performing live first. The stagefright is made all the more surprising because Johansson happily appeared in numerous plays as a child actress. She tells America’s Glamour magazine, “I would love to work on Broadway, but I don’t know that it would manifest itself in musical theatre… I have terrible stage fright that I’d have to get over. (It is) crippling. Not as a kid. It came on when I was a teenager, and I think it somehow sticks with you.”

Johansson’s Judy Garland dreams

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:44:45 +0000

Scarlett Johansson is calling on Hollywood bosses to cast her in the next big movie musical – confessing her childhood dream was to be the next Judy Garland. The stunning star was recently forced to deny rumours she’s set to star in a forthcoming Broadway show – but Johansson admits she would love to take on an all singing, all dancing role, either on stage or screen. The actress tells Spinner.com, “When I was a kid, I started acting because I wanted to be in movie musicals and on Broadway. I took a lot of vocal lessons and I thought I was going to be Judy Garland or something. “It’s always been my dream to do a movie musical. I always wanted to sing on camera.” And with the success of recent big screen musicals Chicago, Moulin Rouge and Dreamgirls, the 24 year old is confident she’ll get the chance to show off all her talents: ‘I’m really excited that it’s sort of been revived. It’s nice that I maybe have a chance to do it.”