Gorgeous Scarlett Johansson lets her hair down at on the red carpet in London

A radiant Scarlett Johansson looked as glamorous as ever as she paraded down the catwalk at a screening of her new film The Spirit in London last night.
The Hollywood star braved the chilly conditions in a playful floral frock and peep-toe heels.
She swapped her prim up do, which she sported on a visit to Spain on Tuesday, for a tumbling curls for the occasions.

 

 

Nice 'do: Scarlett Johansson, who looked prim in Spain on Tuesday (left), let her hair down at the London premiere of her new film The Spirit last night
She was joined by co-stars Eva Mendes and Samuel L. Jackson at an abandoned warehouse.
Her new husband Ryan Reynolds was not able to join her because he is currently filming his new movie Paper Man in New York.
The couple married in a low-key ceremony in Canada in September after dating for 18 months.
Rather than a Leicester Square première, the American stars arrived for the screening at the Old Post Office, ahead of the film's world première in New York next week.
Johansson and Mendes both play sexy female characters. Mendes, wearing a ruffled yellow Bill Blass dress and Louis Vuitton heels, said she enjoyed baring her flesh for the film.
'It's so fun because it's not me. The minute I think it's me I wig out but it's so not me. I'm playing a character so if I drop my towel and show my bum it's not my bum.'

 

Blooming lovely: Scarlett wore a playful floral frock and bright flower trimmed peep-toe heels
Jackson, who plays The Octopus, said his character was the villain to The Spirit's eponymous superhero.

 

'He's kind of crazy, kind of wild, kind of genius and he wants to be the biggest criminal in the world,' he said.
The film also has several fight scenes, but the main character, played by Gabriel Macht, never uses a knife or gun.

 

Ladies' night: Eva Mendes joined Scarlett at the screening, held at London's Old Post Office
Director and writer Frank Miller said this was to stay faithful to Will Eisner's original comics.

 

'That was a passion of Will Eisner's and, as you see, he (The Spirit) doesn't need to because the entire city is his arsenal.
'I do believe I've done the first scenes where the superhero takes people out with snowballs.'
The film is released in the UK on New Year's Day.

High spirits: Scarlett's co-star Samuel L Jackson and director Frank Miller also attended the film's screening