Our [pullquote quote="You don't mess with the big cat." credit="Scarlett Johansson"]pal Brad Blanks sat down recently with Scarlett Johansson, to talk about We Bought a Zoo, the Cameron Crowe-directed film that’s coming out this month, and also The Avengers, the action epic that’s due next year.

Scarlett explains that she isn’t afraid of a good close-up. “It’s not about the beauty of it…[it's about] being able to really get in the eyes and see it all — that’s what so beautiful about film.”

And on the much-anticpated Avengers movie: “It’s constant ass-kicking.”