Scarlett Johansson reflected on the changes that have come with time for black Widow aka Natasha Romanoff, a highly trained former KGB assassin, who becomes an Avenger later.
Talking about the character’s journey, the Oscar-nominated actor reflected on the changes that have come with time for black Widow aka Natasha Romanoff, a highly trained former KGB assassin, who becomes an Avenger later.
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“It definitely has changed and part of that change is hard because I’m inside it, but probably a lot of that is actually from me too. I’ll be 35 years old & I’m a mom and my life is different. Obviously, 10 years have passed và things have happened and I have a much different, more evolved understanding of myself,” Johansson told Collider in an interview.
“As a woman, I’m in a different place in my life. And I felt more forgiving of myself, as a woman, và not sometimes probably not enough. I’m more accepting of myself. All of that is related to lớn that move away from the kind of hyper-sexualisation of this character and, I mean, you look back at Iron Man 2 and while it was really fun and had a lot of great moments in it, the character is so sexualised.”
The actor said her character is talked about in Iron Man 2 lượt thích “she’s a piece of something, like a possession or a thing or whatever like a piece of a**, really.”
Referring to lớn a scene when black Widow knocks out Tony Stark/Iron Man’s (Downey Jr) right-hand man Happy Hogan (played by director Jon Favreau) in the boxing ring with an impressed tycoon later telling Gwyneth Paltrow’s Pepper Potts, “I want one”, Johansson said maybe that felt like a compliment but not so much now.
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“Yeah and at one point calls her a piece of meat & maybe at that time that actually felt lượt thích a compliment. Because my thinking was different. Maybe my self-worth was measured against that type of phản hồi or, lượt thích a lot of young women, you come into your own & you understand your self-worth.
“It’s changing now. Now people, young girls, are getting a positive message, but it’s been incredible lớn be a part of that shift và be able to come out the other side and be a part of that old story, but also progress. Evolve. I think it’s pretty cool,” she told the portal.
In the new film, also starring Florence Pugh, David Harbour & Rachel Weisz, black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to lớn her past arises, forcing her to giảm giá with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left behind.
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Iron Man 2 revealed Nick Fury had sent đen Widow on a mission into Stark Industries - but the full context is only offered in comics.
Black Widow infiltrated Stark Industries in Iron Man 2 - & the full reason is only provided in official tie-in comics. The Marvel Cinematic Universe really began in Iron Man"s post-credits scene, when Samuel L. Jackson"s Nick Fury stepped out of the shadows và welcomed Tony Stark into a "bigger universe" that would soon come khổng lồ encompass gods & monsters, super-soldiers, & time travelers.
All attention was on the inevitable formation of the Avengers, and in 2010"s Iron Man 2 Marvel introduced their next member: super-spy đen Widow. Played by Scarlett Johansson, she was an instant hit; an elite SHIELD agent who had been assigned lớn infiltrate Stark Industries, and who was clearly rather unimpressed with Tony Stark. But đen Widow was far more than a pretty face, as she proved in a superb hallway scene in which she tore through a group of security guards in the time it took Happy Hogan to giảm giá khuyến mãi with one. It was immediately clear black Widow would be no damsel in distress, but would instead be a formidable member of the Avengers. But why was black Widow sent to lớn evaluate Iron Man in the first place?
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Context is provided by various official tie-in comics published around the release of Iron Man 2, which reveal Nick Fury had been carefully monitoring Tony Stark for some time. The Iron Man 2: Agents of SHIELD one-shot revealed Fury had gone khổng lồ significant lengths to figure out just what Tony Stark was capable of, deliberately và covertly inserting SHIELD agents in tactical units he felt would likely cross paths with Iron Man. These covert operatives were tasked with watching Stark in combat, working out Iron Man"s capabilities, & whether or not he was suited lớn working in the Avengers. Amusingly, Tony Stark intercepted Fury"s radio transmissions, và told Pepper Potts that Nick Fury wanted to lớn ask him out, he was just being smooth about it.
But here"s the catch; it"s one thing to lớn impress random SHIELD agents, but another to lớn impress other members of the Avengers. Black Widow"s infiltration of Stark Industries should be seen as the next step in Nick Fury"s Avengers application process; a colleague assessment, an evaluation conducted by another Avenger. & so Natasha Romanoff took the alias of "Natalia Rushman," & joined Stark Industries" legal department. She was none too happy about this mission, which frankly left her somewhat predisposed to view Stark with contempt.
The rest, of course, was history; đen Widow maneuvered herself into Tony Stark"s presence, & conducted her secret assessment. Unfortunately for Iron Man, she was less than impressed; while the armor was remarkable, Black Widow considered the man khổng lồ be flawed. She had no idea her recommendation would be dismissed just a year or so later, when Loki stole the Tesseract, và that Tony Stark would become both a valued colleague and a friend.
