Glasgow Painted Scarlett

Now Scarlett Johansson is a lovely lady, not only blessed with good looks but she's quite the actress too, with movies like Iron Man, The Island with Scots man Ewan McGregor, and the Avengers under her belt to name a few. Last year she was another Hollywood starlet to venture out and join the list of those setting foot in Glasgow for filming for the first time or making a return. This was her first time in Glasgow, and she spent three months filming for new movie Under the Skin.

Scarlett on set in petrol station up North

FilmNation, one of the producers of the film, say that Scarlett plays an alien on Earth, disguised as the perfect aesthetic form of a mesmerising woman, who seduces men and harvests their body parts. Lovely.

Again like my last blogs, most of the film is set in Scotland, this time not primarily Glasgow, but in the Highlands.

Under the Skin is based on a novel of the same name by Michel Faber, who lives in the Black Isle.

The book tells of an alien, Johansson's character in the film, who picks up hitchhikers on the A9 road in the Highlands to harvest body parts.

The majority of this movie was filmed in Glencoe on the A9 and A82. A crew of more than 70 descended on Auchmithie, just outside Arbroath, to film certain scenes too, crew members were from America but also Scottish companies too, again aiding and helping the Scottish Film industry. Some scenes were shot in Glasgow, including the Buchanan Galleries.

It didn't stop there though, Scarlett let her hair down in Glasgow city centre where she celebrated her 27th birthday and enjoyed a tipple with locals at a bar in Sauchiehall Street called Nice N Sleazy and was also spotted wandering around Buchanan street and the Merchant City.

However, she muddled her words and facts in an interview on the David Letterman Show, claiming 40% of Scottish prisoners were murders, when in fact it is only about 13%! She goes on to say how Scotland is a lovely place but with mad people.

Under the Skin is due for release later this year and there is no trailer as of yet!

I'll keep checking. Thanks again!