Scarlett Johansson on How She Lost Weight for Black Widow
People Magazine reports:
Even enviable-looking Scarlett Johansson couldn’t disguise her fear at having to don a skintight catsuit for her Iron Man 2 role as the Russian spy Black Widow.
“I kicked some major butt,” the actress, 24, told PEOPLE at Comic-Con of her training regimen to make her a shapely superhero ready for acrobatic battle scenes. “It was many, many, hours, days, and months of stunt training and strength training, but it’s fun because I had a goal. The goal was the Lycra catsuit.”
Was she happy with the results? “Finally I was, yes,” she said with a laugh. “You put that much work into something and you put it on and you better be happy with it.”
When it came to putting on the catsuit, “It was crazy to see it for the first time – everything all zipped up and all the weapons in there, bracelets on, the whole look. It was pretty sweet, I have to say,” she says.
As for the impression it made, “Certainly walking on set, because a lot of the people that worked on the film were fans of the comic and of course they knew the Black Widow – they were all super excited to see the Black Widow,” she says. “When everybody in the crew were like, ‘That looks awesome!’ I knew. Like, ‘Okay.’ ”
“She was wearing an unforgiving costume,” concurred Johansson’s Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau, who was impressed by his star’s physical commitment to the role. “She didn’t eat much, that’s for sure. She likes food, as do I, and she was definitely on a low-carb diet and training very hard. It was amazing.”
After viewing Johansson’s stunt work, Favreau says, “I think people are going to be very impressed when they see her. It’s totally different than anything you’ve seen her do before.”
she’s gorgeous. I love her curves and it’s nice to see that she could slim down without becoming a toothpick!
When I first heard she wanted to lose weight I thought she’d end up looking even better, but now I actually prefer her slightly curvier look. She’s still a beautiful woman, but she’s just not as sultry/sexy now. Still hot, though.
all respect for her is now gone.
So much for the I’m not dieting, I haven’t lost weight etc etc bla bla bla.
Why? She did this for a movie role. It´s her job. Many actors actually get MORE respect if they change their figure for a movie (Charlize, Bale, Renee), so why it is a bad thing when Scarlett does the same thing? And she didn´t say she hasn´t lost weight, she said she hasn´t lost 14 pounds, like tabloids claimed.
I think she looks fabulous and I´m sure she won´t continue to eat that little.
I don’t gain respect for people who lose or gain- I lose respect for casting agents. There are great actors who can fill those roles who aren’t just there for publicity…
Sorry forgot to add she has def lost around 10lbs so her going on about not having lost 14lbs is semantics really. If she had of then just said yeah I lost the weight then I owuld have had respect for her…
When a person who isn’t overweight starts eating right and working out they might lose sizes but not really weight, because you gain a lot of muscle which weighs more than fat so i wouldn’t be surprised if she only lost 5 pounds. I sometimes even gain weight when i start working out more and my sister lost 2 sizes when she was training for a marathon but her weight stayed pretty much the same.
LOL!!!!!!
seriously??? i actually GAINED respect for her and i used to haaate her. most actresses fall off of the “i won’t diet” bandwagon quietly, and when asked will say, “oh i’ve just been busy and haven’t been having as many cocktail happy hours!” or “i started doing one hour of yoga a week” or some bull like that… she admits it was FOR A ROLE, and that it took lots of lots of hard work and dedication. what’s not to admire?? get real!
What’s not to admire was her initial denial. That’s it. Is that real enough?
when did she say she hadn’t lost weight?
you know, hollywood is very much a two-way street. people really respected christian bale for his dramatic weight loss for the machinist, but we will see how people react to scarletts weight loss here. hmm…
Personally I think she’s beautiful but why say she didn’t diet or lose weight then finally admit she had…
well in this case I second respect for Bale. It wasn’t very smart of him health wise , but for the artistic impression I get why his caracter would leave deeper imact on people being that skinny and imo that right there shows how far he would go. On the other hand Scarlet lost weight to be some bad ass chic in Lycra suit. Though I like the way she is open about it and as someone mentioned not running around saying “ooh well I just drink more water and do pilates once a week”
*impact
I love her figure at the moment!
She has a really tiny waist!
But I liked her better with a few pounds more. Remember the great red dress with great cleavage and stunning blond hairs?
http://images.dawgsports.com/images/admin/Scarlett_Johansson_full_length_red_dress.jpg
That’s the Scarlett I want to see.
I agree, she was HOT back then. Sure she’s a little heavier, but her weight is all in the right places.
Not to say she isn’t pretty now, but she’s JUST pretty, in my opinion. Her body kind of looks like every other actress’. I can admire her dedication to her role though, but I’m hoping she puts a little back on when she’s done filming.
I think she looks fabulous at any weight!
I totaly agree!
good for her not to go out and say “i eat and eat and don’t know why i simply CAN’t gain”. She is thin now, but also fit as she said she had hard workouts to do. she looks great! And she’ll look great too, when she gains after this lycra suit role, hopefully still staying fit
I think good on her, she’s been trying hard to take a new direction with her career and she sounds really dedicated, hopefully she achieves the success she’s aiming for. Plus I can see why she wouldn’t have felt comfortable in a catsuit with her original figure, not that her original figure was bad at all, in fact it was very beautiful, but as the director has mentioned…catsuits are not very forgiving items of clothing.
I can’t imagine her not feeling comfortable in a catsuit with her original figure but I can imagine wardrobe telling her that they won’t cut it any bigger than size 8 so she’d better lose weight!
I too admire her healthy dedication to shaping up for her role; rather than Beyonce’s weird maple syrup diet! It’s all part of their jobs really. Jared Leto and Renee Zwellnegger piled on pounds for their roles, SJ, Beyonce and Christian Bale lost weight for theirs. SJ out of all of these seems to be the only one that changed her weight in a healthy fashion.
Even if she did lose weight for herself I don’t think it signifies she isn’t proud of her body she may have just wanted to get into shape more. Beyonce and America Fererra have also shaped up since the beginning of the year but they’re still happy with their bodies.
To be honest I don’t think SJ looks that much slimmer than before…(?)
i think its great that she started working out, because its healthy for you regardless of how much you weigh. however, this whole notion of her “not eating much” and working out hours upon hours screams eating disorder to me….it may not be natural for our bodies to be obese, but on the same token it is not natural to be underweight, and i dont think its healthy to fight this natural tendency through starvation and excessive exercise.
Her head is huge when she is thinner…
How much do you think she wieghs now? I can see how a while back she would’ve said she hadn’t loast 14lbs. That’s ALOT to lose, and if she’s been working out it’s likely her actual weight hasn’t changed that much, what with muscle weighing more than fat and all that. And she’s not super skinny. I think if she’d lost that much weigh she would be supper skinny, as she’s quite short isn’t she?
I think it’s great she admits she worked out like a maniac, since most actresses are just like “oh, i just go on hikes with my dog”. It’s so annoying!!
But I hope she gains some back after the movie, she just looks so amazing with a little more meat on her bones.
Agree with every single word, exactly what I intended to say
I think its terrible that the director is quoted as saying: “She didn’t eat much, that’s for sure” and almost encourages eating disorders.
Wow her waist and head are the same size..Its weird,I dont envy her body at all
And filming is now finished. This picture in this entry is from June, when filming wasn’t yet finished, and that black is even more slimming. In pics from last week she looked already a bit different (less skinny I mean). I really hope the “fatter” Scarlett comes back.
This is from when she got pissed at those crash diet etc. claims:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scarlett-johansson/the-skinny_b_186233.html
I suggest reading that. Explains a lot.
i hate her pigeon toes
i never thought of her as beautiful
Whoa, how does someone so curvy have such tiny bones when she dosen’t look that tiny with curves? AH im so confused!?!?!?!
She looks lovely with curves, so lovely! But i thought that was her bone structure ie- large. But look at her now O.O She’s so THIN! HOW DID SHE DO THAT?!?!!
haah freaking out much? i prefer the curvy look on her, but wow shes thin.