Scarlett Johansson appears to have finished her role as Black Widow.
Johansson stated that her Marvel days are now behind her on ‘The Goop Podcast’ with co-star in the MCU Gwyneth Paltrow.
Johansson informed Paltrow, “I’m done (at the 19:28 mark). “Chapter is over. I did all that I had to do. Also coming back and playing a character again and again like that, over a decade of time, is such a unique experience.”
In the 2010 film ‘Iron Man 2,’ in which Paltrow played Pepper Potts, Johansson made her MCU debut as Natasha Romanoff.
As a member of the Avengers, Johansson would go on to portray the role in seven other Marvel movies. Despite the fact that her character was killed off in the 2019 film “Avengers: Endgame,” in 2021’s “Black Widow,” she received the character’s first standalone film.
Paltrow brought up the stale rumour that she and Johansson had a falling out while working on “Iron Man 2” on the show.
Is that a myth? Added Johansson (15:00 mark). “You were so nice to me on that movie. I was so petrified. You were so nice to me! You could’ve been awful. I was so out of my comfort zone on that movie. I’d never done anything like that before. Plus, you had established such deep friendships.”
Paltrow continued, “I was so happy to have another woman around” while making “Iron Man 2.”
“You kept telling me that,” Johansson said. “Then later on I experienced that, too. When I did ‘Avengers’ I was one of the few.”
“It was like a big sausage party,” she continued.
Paltrow also said on the podcast that she might be done with Marvel movies, too. “I think so,” she told Johansson (20:50 mark). “I mean, I didn’t die so they can always ask me.” “I think you may come back at some point,” Johansson responded.
“Really? A 64-year-old Pepper Potts? How great,” Paltrow, who is 50, answered.
