It’s been a number of years since Scarlett Johansson retired from her position as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow. Nonetheless, the actress is requested whether or not she’ll reprise the position in upcoming Marvel films. On that entrance, Johansson has been adamant about not enjoying the beloved character once more. That topic got here up once more (albeit in a jokey approach) when David Harbour humorously teased Johansson about Romanoff being a “secret character” in Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars, main the actress to provide a retort that I really like.
The 2 Black Widow co-stars participated in a enjoyable dialog for Interview Journal, which noticed Scarlett Johansson interview David Harbour about Thunderbolts* and extra. Ultimately, speak turned to the upcoming Avengers movies, the primary of which is at present filming within the UK. Johansson talked about it, as a few of her outdated buddies (like Chris Hemsworth and Robert Downey Jr.) are filming it now. After joking that she’s nonetheless maintaining secrets and techniques though she’s not underneath contract, Harbour dropped a humorous quip:
Oh, come on, Scarlett. Everyone knows you’re the key character. Everyone knows the Black Widow comes again from the useless.
Black Widow’s tragic loss of life takes place in Avengers: Endgame (which is streamable with a Disney+ subscription). Natasha finally sacrifices herself on the planet Vormir to ensure that her teammates to retrieve the Soul Stone. In the end, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are profitable however at the price of Nat’s life. Contemplating all of this, I used to be actually delighted by the way in which by which Scarlett Johansson reacted to her pal and colleague:
If I come again from the useless, then half the world’s inhabitants dies. Didn’t you see Endgame for Christ’s sake?
Truthfully, I’ve to respect a star who’s dedicated to continuity, and she or he’s completely proper. It’s laborious to say simply what sort of harm may very well be executed to the sacred timeline if Romanoff’s loss of life had been to be reversed. Half the inhabitants might certainly be killed yet again if her sacrifice is taken again. After all, I don’t need to get too deep right here as, above all else, I simply can’t assist however chuckle over the truth that the Oscar nominee reacted to her former co-star by shelling out Marvel Cinematic Universe details like a fan would.
Scarlett Johansson’s dedication to Black Widow’s destiny is admirable, contemplating many individuals’s need to see her again within the fold. Whereas she’s admitted to lacking being along with her “buddies” on set, Johansson additionally appreciates that her character’s story “is full.” After all, there are different methods by which Nat can return. Marvel is dabbling within the multiverse proper now, and a Romanoff variant might positively present up sooner or later within the upcoming Avengers films.
That’s solely a principle, although as, at this level, it appears that evidently Scarlett Johansson really has no plans to don her black, leather-based go well with and stingers. Likelihood is she’s nonetheless going to obtain questions and feedback – whether or not they be severe ones or non-serious ones like David Harbour’s. If that occurs, I’d count on Johansson to easily level out the small print of Endgame as obligatory.
In any case, Avengers: Doomsday opens in theaters on December 18, 2026, whereas Avengers: Secret Wars drops on December 17, 2027.