Ever since Robert Downey Jr. introduced his heel-flip return to the MCU as iconic villain Physician Doom, Marvel followers have been clamoring to seek out out who from the unique “Avengers” is perhaps resurrected for the following installments. Whereas it’s unclear who, if anybody, might be becoming a member of Downey Jr., one star needs it to be identified that her character will stay peaceable within the after-life.
“Natasha is lifeless. She is lifeless. She’s lifeless. Okay?” mentioned Scarlett Johansson in a current interview with InStyle. Talking of how Marvel followers refuse to just accept her character’s loss of life in “Avengers: Endgame,“ she added, “They simply don’t wish to imagine it. They’re like, ‘However she may come again!’ Look, I believe the stability of your entire universe is held in her hand. We’re going to have to let it go. She saved the world. Let her have her hero second.”
Although her half within the “Avengers” sequence and her standalone function “Black Widow” have helped elevate Johansson to celebrity standing, she’s able to put this a part of her life previously. Particularly contemplating how a lot she values her privateness and the way being part of the Marvel machine disrupts that.
“The factor about being a public determine is that the thought of being recognizable and celebrated feels enjoyable, however then you’ll be able to by no means stuff it again within the bottle,” Johansson mentioned. “The truth of it’s, there’s an enormous loss to that, you recognize? So I believe preserving that for so long as potential till it’s somebody’s selection, that’s the selection I make so far as my youngsters go.”
In truth, Johansson has not too long ago determined to step from in entrance of the digicam to behind it. Releasing in some unspecified time in the future this 12 months, Johansson’s directorial debut “Eleanor the Nice” stars nonagenarian June Squibb and is described as being impressed by indie movies of the “mid-80s to the mid-2000s,” corresponding to “Residing Out Loud,” “Crossing Delancey,” and “Moonstruck.” Not solely did the movie give Johansson an opportunity to take a few of the highlight off herself, however it additionally glad a must develop and absorb new experiences.
“Once I would get house from work,” Johansson instructed InStyle, “and I’d say to Colin [Jost], ‘You understand, it’s so thrilling to be 40 and be taught a brand new factor. Now I understand how to make a film like this. I understand how to complete it. The method of sound mixing and coloring and modifying’ — I didn’t know that earlier than. And now I understand how to do it.”