Disney Promotes Scarlett Johansson & Other Black Widow Stars for Awards
With movies like Spider-Man: No Way Home , Eternals , and Shang-Chi , it’s easy to forget that Scarlett Johansson’s original Avenger got her first solo film with Black Widow . The movie saw her hero in-between the events of Civil War and Infinity War as former family troubles arose, and it came as the MCU's first theatrical release in the Phase 4 slate. Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova also got her formal introduction, a character who has since become a major hit amongst fans—even forming a fantastic dynamic with Hailee Steinfeld’s Kate Bishop in Hawkeye . ADVERTISEMENT Also joining the fray were David Harbour’s Red Guardian and Rachel Weisz’ Melina. The two rounded out the dysfunctional under-cover Ohio family that Natasha Romanoff grew up with—and who she ended up making amends with by the end of the film While the recent legal troubles between Johansson and Disney may have muddied the conversational waters surrounding the movie, the studio is hop...