Scarlett Johansson

For all those addicted to the Iron Man comic books, Marvel Comics will release a four-book miniseries that will look back on the Black Widow, the role played none other than Scarlett Johansson.

The mini-series is written by Paul Cornell, the man behind the greats such as Doctor Who, Captain Britain, and MI:13. Here is his enthusiastic low-down on the new Black Widow series:

On her character and attitude: She’s been very different people all through her life, but always deadly, and, I like to think, funny. Not in a one-liner way, but with a very dry, somewhat cynical, wit. I’m looking to find the Sean Connery in her.

On his inspiration while writing about Black Widow: I’m going to have my collected James Bond themes on all the time while I’m writing it. Lots of fist fights, hi-tech battles, the sort of extreme superhero hedonism you expect from the Iron Man movies, pre-titles sequences and movie poster splash pages.

The story will see Natasha Romanoff, aka the Black Widow, and her history of how she became a super-agent. It traces her past with a biological weapon that she has unknowingly passed on to her former love interests, which will put the lives of famous heroes such as Hawkeye, Daredevil, and of course, Iron Man, at stake.

I’m not much of a fan of comic books, but I always like to know why a certain character acts that way. It would be pretty interesting to learn about the history of the character that almost everyone in comic book-dom doubted Scarlett Johansson could play. Oh well, goo luck to you Scarlett!

Okay, things seem relatively quiet in the Scarlett Johansson world, so I decided to compile a list of trivia and facts about our dear girl. Enjoy!

1. Scarlett T. Johansson was born on November 22, 1984 at New York. She was named after the Gone With The Wind heroine, Scarlett O’Hara.

2. This left-handed actress taught herself to read at age 4. Wow! I never really thought that you can teach yourself how to read.

3. She loves piercings! She has 7 pierce marks on her ears: 2 on the right and five on the left. She also has pierces on her navel, nose, septum, eyebrow, and tragus. Erm, anyone know where the septum and tragus are?!

4. Supported the Barack Obama campaign. During the said campaign, she was involved in an “embarrassing” debacle when she said that she was corresponding with the then-presidential candidate. Barack’s people denied it.

5. Loves to shop for jewelry. Actually, she just loves to shop. Do you think she lists “shopping” as her favorite sport, like Jessica Simpson?

6. She has a pet Chihuahua named Margaret, nicknamed Maggie.

7. Scarlett loves make-up and has a large collection from different brands. But now that she’s endorsing D&G’s make-up line, I don’t think that she can just go ahead and shop from other brands anymore, do you?

8. She married Canadian actor, Ryan Reynolds in a surprise wedding on September 7, 2008 in Canada. Until now, there are still no photos of the wedding. When the couple said that it was private, they really meant it.

9. Is a fan of Woody Allen. In fact, she has done three Allen movies: Match Point, Scoop, and Vicky Christina Barcelona.

10. Her celebrity boyfriends included Ryan Reynolds (to whom she is already married), her Black Dahlia co-star Josh Hartnett, Jared Leto, Patrick Wilson, and Steel Train frontman, Jack Antonoff.