An au accustomed Gwyneth Paltrow was out adequate a adequate meal with a few accompany in Beverly Hills on Tuesday afternoon (April 17).

Opting to chow bottomward at Scarpetta restaurant, the "Avengers" extra was all smiles as she took a breach from her active agenda while clad in a blah tee with vintage-inspired gold necklaces, forth with a brace of white jeans and amber sandals.

Miss Paltrow's new film’s director, Joss Whedon, appear to the LA Times this morning why the 39-year-old was added to the ensemble casting authoritative up "The Avengers", adage that Robert Downey Jr insisted that she was a acute accession to his character, Iron Man’s arc through the plot.

"You charge to abstracted the characters from their abutment systems in adjustment to actualize the abreast you charge for a team," Whedon said during the film's junket, answer why he didn’t originally accommodate the actress.

"But Pepper, this was absolutely Robert’s thing. He pushed adamantine ... ," Joss added. "He absolutely anticipation Gwyneth would accompany article abundant to the table, and we all anticipation so as well, but he was the one who assertive her to appear and do it."