Scarlett Johansson has revealed that filming Black Widow was quite challenging for the Golden Globe-nominated actress. Having starred in many Marvel projects over the past two decades, she is finally set to star in her standalone film, Black Widow, releasing on July 9.
In a recent interview with Total Film via Twitter, Johansson noted working on the upcoming project was “extremely stressful” because the storytelling of her solo film precedes the events of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Since Natasha dies in the latter, retracing steps into her past, knowing full well her character’s fate must’ve been hard for the actress.
Taking Natasha’s death into consideration, the filmmakers had to get very creative with the script and thus chose to set the events of Black Widow between the timeline of Captain America: Civil War and Infinity War.
“It gave us the opportunity to really show her when she’s kind of off her game, you know? Because of that, anything is possible,”
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“You’re trying to map out all of this… which is actually extremely stressful because there’s no guidelines.”
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She also took to the same piece to praise her co-star Florence Pugh’s work on the film playing Yelena Belova.
“She has a really beautiful career ahead of her… she’s a very special person,”
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Johansson stated about the Midsommar actress, teasing her bright future in Hollywood.
When asked about potentially becoming the MCU’s new Black Widow, Pugh smartly deflected to answer and instead highlighted that the film’s aim was not to underline what (or who) comes next. Read her statement below:
“What Yelena does is to kind of point out Natasha’s pain. She’s part of Natasha’s history. And I think that’s why we get this opportunity to look into Natasha’s history, because Yelena comes knocking, and says. ‘Yo, let’s deal with this pain.”
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With its current slate already established thanks to TV shows like WandaVision and The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Black Widow is set to be the first film in the MCU’s Phase Four. The movie will see Natasha travel back to her childhood roots as she comes across both friends and foe on this journey of rediscovering herself.
It is slated to be released simultaneously in theatres and on Disney+ with Premier Access.
About Black Widow
Black Widow is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is intended to be the 24th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Directed by Cate Shortland and written by Eric Pearson, the movie stars Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff alongside Florence Pugh, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, William Hurt, Ray Winstone, and Rachel Weisz.
It will be the first film in Phase Four of the MCU, and was delayed three times from an original May 2020 release date due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Disney confirms Marvel Studios’ Black Widow will release on Disney+ for no extra cost to existing subscribers after its Premier Access release, October 6.
The film follows Natasha Romanoff as she confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.
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