Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson is less than concerned about whether her movie career hits the rocks, as she always wanted to be an archeologist.
The Lost In Translation star is intrigued by the mysteries of Egypt, and would be quite happy staring at stones if the film work dries up.
She says, "If I weren't making movies, I'd be an archeologist, looking for fossils. I love ancient Egypt. Cut to me in 120-degree heat, picking at a rock with a four-inch needle."
That's the whole thing.
There are a lot of things I could say at this point. Many of those things would get me in trouble with colleagues. Mostly female colleagues. But, by golly, if ever we want more young, strapping men to join this profession, this'll do it.
Artists' conception of what Scarlett Johansson might have looked like as an archaeologist:
(Note: Yes, archaeologists don't really hunt for "fossils" -- that would be paleontologists -- but you're not gonna catch me complaining about a slip like that)
Update: We follow this important story with a further update on Ms. Johansson's views on hominid mating behavior. This is a vitally important subject since it strikes at the core of many archaeological concepts such as population growth ratesand densities, carrying capacity, familial relations and how they affect settlement patterns, and the division of labor among both egalitarian and hierarchical societies.
Johansson doesn’t believe in monogamy
Scarlett Johansson says she doesn’t believe in monogamy — that people weren’t meant to be with just one person. But she also says she wouldn’t date her “Match Point” co-star Jonathan Rhys-Meyers — because he’s too much like a girl.
“I don’t think human beings are monogamous creatures by nature,” she told reporters while promoting the flick. Still, Johansson says, she hasn’t given up on the idea of getting hitched one day. “When I decide I want to have children with somebody I think it would be nice to be married to that person,” Johansson says.
So, very attractive female, out in the field on a dig, and doesn't believe in monogamy.
There just very well could be a God. . . .
Artists' conception of what Scarlett Johansson may have looked like doing. . . .errrr. . .something. . . .
(HT: Ace of Spades)