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Scarlett Johansson

Friday, September 1st, 2006 | Celebrity

Scarlett Johansson is currently in Venice. It is her 3rd visit and I’ve always enjoyed the Venice reports. But never as much as this time. It seems that starting with the Reebok event a new era of styling has begun for Scarlett. Her hair is a softer and warmer blonde, her make-up calmer and more natural, her dresses more girly-like and playful yet at the same time also more womanly. It seems that Scarlett has finally left her rebellious teen phase behind. Not that everyone else would have said so a long time ago. But I’ve always found that although she hasn’t been sporting her piercings for a long time (well, except for that nose ring on some candid shots) she was trying to prove something with her dresses, trying to be older and also slightly eccentric. I don’t think some of these elements in her personality have disappeared but I think she’s now comfortable to be a woman, to show a soft and romantic side in her wardrobe.

I also enjoyed reading the latest interview featured in Venice magazine. The last time I was as happy about an interview was in August 2005, the Deanna Kizis interview in Allure (the reason IMO was because it was done by a woman). This time, because the author’s, Steve Baltin, last dealings with her were in October 2001 - when she was one face among hundreds. Already standing out of the group of young actresses but not yet recognized, except by some journalists and a handful of fans. Both journalists have now achieved to portray the woman behind the image of the sexiest woman alive.

My reflection on my relation with Scarlett Johansson:
When I started the site about her ‘Ghost World’ had just been released in the States. Had it not been for the visitor’s counter I would have thought nobody visited the site. Then in time I started getting feedback and it felt like we were a very small group of insiders, knowing the potential Scarlett Johansson had. Articles used to call her ‘not very pretty’ back then. And I remember standing at the newsstand, wondering what some of the women/actresses on those covers had that Scarlett didn’t have. Then Scarlett’s first visit to Venice came - and all of a sudden there were people claiming their right over Scarlett, building MSN groups and whatever. Some of those were also quick to criticize my site. Then these people all went their own ways, the groups were not updated anymore and it was back to good old sj.org. Although having a lot (!) more visitors I still felt like I knew everyone. I don’t know when or how exactly it happened, but with the new forum and everything I started losing myself in the Scarlett experience. Having never tried to contact her and knowing her only from movies, maintaining the site became something of a personal achievement. I wanted to prove myself to every new visitor - which is simply an impossible thing. At the same time rumours and gossip started to surround Scarlett - and my views on her and perceptions of her persona were no longer the ones shared by the main public. Suddenly she was übersexy etc. And some visitors started to involve the aspect of a more sexual interest in every discussion. Me reading everything developed a dislike of that and projected all of these feelings on Scarlett herself - which is of course unjust but I couldn’t help myself. Finally, I decided to give the site away. Seeing how the site was not only maintained in the same spirit by Mel and Riikka but also greatly improved content-wise by Riikka reduced my feelings of guilt for abandoning Scarlett. But all in all it was really healthy. No longer am I involved in directly dealing with all these new fans, no longer have I the stress to be up to date with Scarlett’s busy schedule and finally I can enjoy her movies for myself. Thus, I’m back to having the greatest of respect for her acting and the way she’s dealing with fame.

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