Soon-Yi, watch out

Posted Feb 3, 2006 by Jaymi Curley

Updated Feb 3, 2006 at 11:05 AM

After her star turn in ‘Match Point’, Scarlett Johansson is garnering more than attention from critics.  It seems Woody Allen has taken a personal interest in her, even going so far as to dictate her red-carpet makeup style.

Woody Allen has long had a rep for romancing his leading ladies, and he has called Johansson his ‘muse’ in print.  They just wrapped up the work on their second film together, ‘Scoop’. We know the Wood-man likes ‘em young:  Soon-Yi was only 22 when the story broke about her affair with papa Woody; this year,  Scarlett will reach that magic number. Besides, nothing is more seductive to a man like Woody Allen than a fresh young face.  Especially a fresh young face that expouses the great man’s genius in every interview:

“I could work for him forever and feel completely satisfied,” says Johansson, talking with reporters at a New York hotel, alongside co-star Jonathan Rhys Meyers. “I just adore him. It’s only his legacy as a director that makes him so intimidating.”

““We wanted to act together and we wanted to do a comedy together because we had a lot of fun on set, and there was a kind of funny banter between us, so when we were making it I said, that I would love to act with you some time which would be so much fun, and he agreed.” She said working with him as an actor “was the same except I got to see him more. It was a little bit different doing a comedy with him because he he’s a comic genius.”

Scarlett Johansson, while promoting the Woody Allen directed Match Point, says that Allen was obsessed with her love life. “He’s not always sure of himself, and that’s a sexy quality,” she says. “But you know what cracks me up? He’s fascinated with my love life….”

Uh-oh!  If I were Soon-Yi, I’d double check the pre-nup and start making a list of reliable private investigators.