She stars in one of the most anticipated blockbuster films in decades.
And Scarlett Johansson took a break from her busy Marvel movie publicity tour to enjoy some dinner with celebrity restaurateur Bruce Bozzi, 51, on Thursday.
The 34-year-old actress was in Los Angeles in advance of the Avengers: Endgame premiere on Monday.
The 5ft3in Ghost World star was dressed casually for their dinner, with a floral print mini dress that highlighted her trim gams.
She paired it with a black leather biker jacket and tall black heels.
Her dirty blonde hair was held back in a short ponytail, and she wore a pair of black frame glasses.
Bruce looked the opposite of Scarlett’s dark color scheme with his all-white outfit, including a white collared shirt and a pair of white jeans.
Bruce has a connection to another major franchise now owned by Disney: the Star Wars series.
He’s married to Bryan Lourd, former husband to Carrie Fisher and father of their daughter Billie Lourd, who was most recently featured in The Last Jedi and will appear in the recently-titled The Rise Of Skywalker.
His family founded the famous Palm restaurant and the subsequent chain of high-end locations that followed, and he serves as Executive Vice President of the corporation that runs the Palm restaurants.
Scarlett plays Black Widow in Avengers: Endgame, a role she originated nearly a decade ago in Iron Man 2.
Despite the popularity of her character and her appearances in multiple Avengers and stand-alone films, it was only recently that a solo Black Widow film finally went into development.
The lack of female protagonists has long been an issue for Marvel Studios, which released its first woman-led superhero film this year with Captain Marvel.
Speaking on Lorraine in a dual interview with Paul Rudd, the Vicky Christina Barcelona star applauded the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s adoption of more female heroes.
‘It’s a huge relief for me because, you can only imagine, a decade ago when we started all this, it was a major testosterone festival. It was me and the dudes and the locker room banter,’ she said.
Scarlett was exhausted by the atmosphere, though the addition of Cobie Smulders and Elizabeth Olsen to the Avengers films helped change the working environment for the better.
‘I was so thankful to have two other women in the cast and we would just like to cling to each other,’ she added. ‘We’ve got so many great actors, Danai, Brie, many now — it’s a huge relief.’
The Her actress is expected to be on hand when Avengers: Endgame has its star-studded premiere in Los Angeles on Monday, April 22.
SOURCE: dailymail.co.uk
