Superstar on board: Find out why Scarlett Johansson paid a visit to HMS Prince of Wales
One of the world's leading actors has been pictured after shooting a film on the Royal Navy's £3.5bn aircraft carrier.
Scarlett Johansson, 40, who has appeared in films like Lost in Translation and Marvel's Avengers Assemble, was filming My Mother's Wedding when she was photographed on the vessel.
My Mother's Wedding, which was at the Toronto International Film Festival two years ago, follows three sisters as they go back to their family home to attend their twice-widowed mother's wedding.
'Huge honour'
Ms Johansson plays Katherine, a captain in the Royal Navy, in Kristin Scott Thomas' directorial debut, released in theatres earlier this month.
Mark Ebulué, who plays Commander Chris Ndidi, posted several images of the crew – the film crew that is – hard at work on the ship.
The post on Instagram showed Kristin Scott Thomas with some members of HMS Prince of Wales' crew, while another pictured the actor at naval school, prior to changing his career path.
Mr Ebulué has a naval past, as evidenced by one of the images, where he is seen wearing a uniform and saluting the camera.
He said it was a "huge honour" to work on the Royal Navy's flagship and referenced his own naval history in an Instagram post about the film.
'Incredible memories'
"Before acting, I actually trained at a naval school, naval college, and was fast-tracked to follow a career and have a life in the Navy," he said.
"To be back on a real ship, drawing from that part of my life, felt like things coming full circle.
"In another life, I may have gone down the naval route entirely (part of me still wants to), so stepping back into that world brought back some incredible memories."
HMS Prince of Wales is currently in Tokyo on Carrier Strike Group 25.
The 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier arrived in Tokyo with much fanfare, as sailors lined the flight deck and people waved to them from bridges and viewpoints.
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