Have Marvel fans really seen the last of Black Widow? Never say never, according toScarlett Johansson.
During a Monday appearance on theTodayshow to promote her skincare lineThe Outset, the 38-year-old actress coyly addressed speculation that she might return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as her superhero character.
“I think it was the end, right? … She passed,” Johansson toldSavannah Guthrie, referencing the scene inAvengers: Endgamewhen Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow sacrifices herself to obtain the Soul Stone from Thanos, sparing the life ofJeremy Renner’s Clint Barton/Hawkeye.
“It would be a miracle. It would bea real Marvel miracle. It would be a marvel. But who knows?” the actress quipped in her chat with Guthrie, 51.
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Scarlett Johansson on theTodayshow Nov. 13, 2023.Today/YouTube
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Johansson was similarly vague whilechatting with a wider groupof co-anchors on the show, whenAl Rokerasked about the rumors, citing the Marvel “multiverse” as a potential loophole.
Johansson first played Black Widow in 2010’sIron Man 2, and went on to appear as the character in several follow-up films includingThe Avengers(2012) andCaptain America: The Winter Soldier(2014).
And while the character died in 2019’sAvengers: Endgame, she made a leading appearance once again in 2021’sBlack Widowstandalone film, which takes place after the events ofCaptain America: Civil War(2016).
Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow.Marvel Studios/Kobal/Shutterstock
Back in July 2021, Johansson toldFatherlythat she “has no plans to return as” the assassin-turned-Avenger, who seemingly takes her final bow inBlack Widow.
“I feelreally satisfied with this film,” she said. “It feels like a great way to go out for this chapter of my Marvel identity.”
That doesn’t mean we won’t see the two-timeAcademy Awardnominee around the MCU at all, though.
“I would love to be able to continue to collaborate with Marvel in other ways because I think there’s justan incredible wealth of storiesthere,” she said. “Re-imagining this genre is something that I find very interesting.”
source: people.com
