Scarlett Johansson graces the cover of Cosmopolitan Magazine, showing us her new fiery red-haired look, and looking pretty amazing in her purple dress.

Inside the first issue of 2012, the Hollywood actress talks about her divorce from fellow actor Ryan Reynolds, and what she is heading toward in her career as an actor.

On her marriage to Reynolds she says; “I’m a big believer that when something feels right, you should do it. I’m a big believer in instinct. Getting married was the right thing to do because it was natural. It grew out of a romance and love and a desire to have a future with somebody, and I was very fortunate that I married somebody who turned out to be the person I thought he would be,”    She went on to say  “Relationships are complicated and being married is a living, breathing process. I think I was not fully aware of the peaks and valleys. I wasn’t prepared to hunker down and do the work,”

Scarlett claims that the pair were both “extremely busy” ,  spending a lot of time apart from one another, but she does say  “It was the best thing I ever did”
Scarlett admits that she learned a lesson from this experience and saying that, “You have to be very confident and solid within yourself to have a successful marriage.”

Talking of her career, Scarlett goes on to say that as a young 19-year-old, she was always cast as a young beautiful character, mainly being based on her looks, which the actress admits she was happy to go along with. But now at 27 years old, Scarlett is looking for more character based roles in her future projects.

You can read the full interview in next months issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine.