Scarlett Johansson Talks About Black Widow's Progression, Recalls Character Being Sexualised In Iron Man 2
Scarlett Johansson who is best known for playing Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, recently opened up about her character's progression over the years in MCU.
Scarlett
Johansson
who
is
best
known
for
playing
Natasha
Romanoff
aka
Black
Widow
in
the
Marvel
Cinematic
Universe,
recently
opened
up
about
her
character's
progression
over
the
years
in
MCU.
The
actress
said
that
while
Black
Widow
was
hyper-sexualised
in
the
early
films,
things
have
changed.
Johansson
told
Collider.com,
"Obviously,
10
years
have
passed
and
things
have
happened
and
I
have
a
much
different,
more
evolved
understanding
of
myself.
As
a
woman,
I'm
in
a
different
place
in
my
life,
you
know?
And
I
felt
more
forgiving
of
myself,
as
a
woman,
and
not
--
sometimes
probably
not
enough.
I'm
more
accepting
of
myself,
I
think."
Recalling
Iron
Man
2,
the
actress
went
on
to
say,
"All
of
that
is
related
to
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,
you
know?
Really
talked
about
like
she's
a
piece
of
something,
like
a
possession
or
a
thing
or
whatever
Â-
like
a
piece
of
a**,
really."
Talking
about
a
scene
from
the
film
that
hasn't
aged
well
in
the
last
decade,
Johansson
added,
"And
(Rober
Downey
Jr.'s
character)
Tony
(Stark)
even
refers
to
her
as
something
like
that
at
one
point...
(he
says)
'I
want
some'.
Yeah,
and
at
one
point
calls
her
a
piece
of
meat
and
maybe
at
that
time
that
actually
felt
like
a
compliment."
After
much
wait,
Black
Widow
finally
got
its
solo
superhero
film
this
year.
While
the
film
was
set
to
release
in
2020,
it
was
preponed
due
to
the
pandemic.
Black
Widow
is
now
scheduled
to
release
in
theatres
on
July
9,
in
the
US.
It
is
unclear
if
the
film
will
be
releasing
on
the
same
date
in
India.