Scarlett Johansson first teamed up with Allen when she took the lead role in
2005's 'Match Point'. Above with onscreen lover Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Shielded by bodyguards and away from the sight of curious beachgoers, shooting started on the new film at a restaurant in a fishermen's neighborhood in Barcelona. The veteran director said he aimed to picture Barcelona "the same way I presented Manhattan to the world through my eyes".

The shooting of the film is expected to take seven weeks, including one week in the northern Spanish region of Asturias and one day in New York.

Scarlett plays a tourist in the feature film which is set in Barcelona