SCARLETT ON MUSIC PATH AGAIN

Movie maven Scarlett Johansson is box-office gold, having starred in some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters. Her latest project is all the more music to her fans’ ears — an EP with singer-songwriter Pete Yorn, a decade after their first album, Break Up, in 2009.

This one, titled Apart, is five indie tracks focused on the aftermath of a failed relationship — “where all the juicy stuff is,” in the words of Yorn. The album was recorded in downtown Los Angeles, with Johansson laying down her vocals in one afternoon, squeezed around her busy schedule. “Scarlett has an amazing work ethic,” says Yorn. “She’s just super pro.”

Johansson — who has done films such as Iron Man 2 and The Avengers franchise — a stand-alone project for her Black Widow character in the works — says music is just another way to express herself.

If Yorn obsessed as a New Jersey teenager over bands such as The Smiths, REM and Joy Division, Johansson, growing up in New York, was exposed to more jazz. “It’s all coming from mostly here,” she says, pointing to her gut. “Sometimes here,” she gestures to the heart.

Aged 33, the actor has been in the film industry for over two decades and reportedly commands equivalent pay with male co-stars. Contemplating issues related to the industry, specifically the repercussions of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s downfall, the sexual harassment watershed of #MeToo and the creation of the Time’s Up movement, the actor — who is known for her actvism — says, “It has been really impressive... I’ve been in the film industry for such a long time that I’m like these conversations are really important and they’re revolutionary.”

Meanwhile, Johansson, who has done three Woody Allen films, has, so far at least, not joined the list of actors to distance themselves from Allen over accusations that he molested his adopted daughter Dylan when she was seven, a quarter of a century ago.

But if that fanned a degree of criticism, she has publicly supported Georgina Chapman, the estranged wife of Weinstein whose husband’s transgressions, some had assumed, might spell the end of her Marchesa fashion label.

“To me, it seems inhumane to hold someone accountable for their partner’s actions,” explains Johansson. “It feels extremely, deeply wrong.”

To that end, she stepped out last month in a crimson Marchesa gown at the Met Gala, the New York’s party of the year. “I just really wanted something that was beautiful and my idea of heavenly and romantic,” says the actor.

ACTOR SCARLETT JOHANSSON’S MUSIC ALBUM, APART, WITH SINGERSONGWRITER PETE YORN CAME OUT ON FRIDAY. THEIR FIRST ALBUM, BREAK UP, WAS RELEASED A DECADE AGO

PHOTO: MARIO ANZUONI/REUTERS Scarlett Johansson has done films such as Iron Man 2 and The Avengers franchise