“ I think a lot goes to the charisma of Johansson as a actress and makeup and costume also helps.”
I completely agree with you. She is often portrayed in celeb culture as a major hottie. That I don’t really get. Decent actress, yes. World class beauty, not so much.
I don’t even think she is a decent actress, unless she has changed over the years, she always had this pouty dour look on her face, hardly any emotions, like a permanent scowl was etched into her face. I haven’t watched anything wit her in it for awhile, maybe she has changed, but, what I did see I wasn’t impressed with as far as acting skills. To me she just acted like she was there to recite lines and collect her paycheck and to draw audiences because she was ‘sexy’ looking to some I guess. Now again, it’s bee awhile, so maybe she has evolved
She’s a funny kind of hot where the camera has to catch her from the right angle. If the photographer isn’t skillful or lucky, she just looks average. What she does have going for her is distinctiveness. That is, she looks like no one else, which has helped her establish a visual “brand.”