Scarlett Johansson on Black Widow, Spike Jonze, and Chris Evans | Screen Tests | W Magazine

In this Screen Tests interview, Scarlett Johansson shares her obsession for Judy Garland in Meet Me in St. Louis, being a child actor, and playing Black Widow alongside Chris Evans as Captain America in The Avengers. Scarlett Johansson, who had given birth to her daughter, Rose, was wearing tight jeans and an equally snug white sweater. Her short, almost platinum hair, which would soon be covered by a Debbie Harry circa-Blondie shag wig, was slicked back. As always—and I have been interviewing her regularly since her breakthrough role in 2003’s Lost in Translation—she was at once forthcoming and guarded. Johansson, who just turned 30, has been acting professionally since she was 7 and is entirely comfortable in the spotlight. She can be remarkably discreet. It was months before the public caught wind of her marriage to the French journalist Romain Dauriac. Johansson has always taken unexpected creative chances: In 2010, at the height of her movie stardom, she defied critics by acting in Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge on Broadway and, to the astonishment of many, winning a Tony for her performance. With the verve of a ’60s chanteuse, Johansson has recorded albums, and they are far from vanity projects. And just when she seemed a bit too art house, she took the role of Black Widow, the female superhero in The Avengers. The much-awaited sequel to that movie, Avengers: Age of Ultron. The past year was, in particular, a big one for Johansson: In addition to