Looking absolutely gorgeous on the cover of the November issue of Glamour magazine, Scarlett Johansson, one of the stars of Iron Man 2, gave a candid interview on her life in the limelight. Tired of the endless speculation about her weight loss she set the record straight. The 25-year-old actress said,

“There was this rumor mill cranking out stories that I had lost 14 pounds — I could never lose 14 pounds. I hate seeing these ridiculous articles where [tabloids] guess someone’s weight.”

Johansson does admit to slimming down and getting fit in order to wear the tight lycra catsuit for her role as the Black Widow, but she did that through exercise and hard work. She accepts who she is and doesn’t strive to look like someone else and chooses to focus on what she has to work with. She explained,

“I can’t look at somebody who is 6 feet tall and 120 pounds and say, I’m going to get that body. That’s just never going to happen. You have to work with what you’ve got.”

Iron Man 2 will be in theaters in May 2010.

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This week, Entertainment Tonight caught up with the cast of Iron Man 2 in an exclusive interview right on the movie set. Robert Downey Jr, Scarlett Johansson, Gwyneth Paltrow and many other cast members think that the next Iron Man installment is going to be a huge hit. During the interviews the cast also shed some light on their rigorous training for their roles in the movie. Robert Downey Jr had to work particularly hard because he had slimmed down for his role in the Sherlock Holmes movie and then put on 15 pounds of pure muscle for his role as Iron Man. He said he worked ’smartly and safely’ to gain the weight and it appears he’s a natural when it comes to exercise. He told ET,

“I love fitness, you know I love martial arts and choreography.”

Gwyneth Paltrow said she couldn’t believe that for her role in the film she had to wear bikinis and little outfits and she looked good in them. She’s definitely proud of herself. But it was Scarlett Johansson who probably had the biggest task of the three celebrities because since she played the part of the Black Widow she had to do a lot of martial arts training. When asked what she did to prepare for the role, she responded,

“I adopted a healthy lifestyle, strength training and core workouts.”

Iron Man 2 will be in theaters in May 2010.

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In Iron Man 2 the svelte Scarlett Johansson starred as the Russian spy, Black Widow.  Likewise, any good Russian spy with a name like that will definitely be donning an ultra sexy Lycra catsuit.  The 24-year-old told People Magazine that she did loads of training in order to prepare for the role and of course to fit into that catsuit!  She said,

“I kicked some major butt.  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.”

When asked if she was happy with the results she replied,

“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.”

The director of the film John Favreau was impressed with Johansson’s commitment to the role.  He said,

“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.”

Unfortunately, we’ve got to wait almost another year (May 2010) before we get to see the infamous catsuit.  Also starring in Iron Man 2 is Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Cheadle.

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Scarlett Johansson has denied the claims that she lost 14 pounds in order to prepare for her superhero role in Iron Man II. She wrote on the Huffington Post,

“Claims have been made that I’ve been on a strict workout routine regulated by co-stars, whipped into shape by trainers I’ve never met, eating sprouted grains I can’t pronounce and ultimately losing 14 pounds off my 5′3″ frame,” she writes. “Losing 14 pounds out of necessity in order to live a healthier life is a huge victory.” She continues, “I’m a petite person to begin with, so the idea of my losing this amount of weight is utter lunacy. If I were to lose 14 pounds, I’d have to part with both arms. And a foot.”

She did explain that she has been in training for the role and she explained her regimen consists of,

“pull-ups, crunches, lunges, squats, jumping jacks, planks, walking, jogging and push ups.”

In regard to getting into ’super hero shape’ she wrote,

“There is no magic wand to wave over oneself to look good in a latex catsuit.  Eating healthy and getting fit is about commitment, determination, consistency and the dedication to self-preservation.”

Scarlett Johansson is currently filming Iron Man 2 along side Gwyneth Paltrow, Mickey Rourke and Robert Downey Jr.  Scarlett and Gwyneth have obviously gotten chummy because now she has enlisted the help of Gwyneth’s personal assistant, Tracy Anderson, to get in shape for the role as the Black Widow.

Scarlett, who is normally known for her voluptuous curves and hourglass figure is now doing these daily workouts and staying away from carbohydrates and has reportedly dropped 14 pounds!  As of now, we don’t know the exact workout that Scarlett is doing, but most likely she’s doing the ‘Tracy Anderson Method’ which is a Pilates-style exercise regimen.  In the past, Scarlett was always proud of her healthy figure, but according to a source at Britian’s Ok Magazine, that’s all changing:

“Scarlett has always been happy with her curves, but recently she has been feeling pressure to lose a few pounds.  She knows that she is up against tough competition from younger, prettier and increasingly skinner actresses.”

Let’s hope she doesn’t go overboard and that this is just a temporary requirement for her role in the movie.

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