Scarlett Johansson’s One Regret From Her Time as Black Widow

Part of this goes back to what it means to be in something as big as the MCU. The fact of the matter is that Kevin Feige and the brass at Marvel Studios have to think years ahead with these movies, broadly speaking, even though they change plans pretty frequently. As such, it can be tough for one character who only had one solo film at the very end of her run to have everything comprehensively explored. Similarly, Mark Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner has had to have his story told inside of other movies as Marvel can’t (or won’t) make a “Hulk” solo film.

In hindsight, the glaring issue is that Marvel and Disney waited so long to make a “Black Widow” solo movie in the first place. If there had been such a thing in Phase 3, perhaps there could have been a “Black Widow 2” and we would have gone deeper with the character. That’s not how things worked out though and, at this point, Johansson has moved on. Natasha died in “Avengers: Endgame” and that truly was that.

The Oscar-nominated actor recently wrapped filming on next year’s “Jurassic World Rebirth,” which looks to reignite the “Jurassic” franchise. She’s also not totally done with the MCU, at least when it comes to her behind-the-scenes contributions. Indeed, Johansson is credited as an executive producer on next summer’s “Thunderbolts*,” which is set to serve as the conclusion of Phase 5 of the MCU. Alas, we’ll never know exactly what happened in Budapest.

“Thunderbolts*” hits theaters on May 2, 2025.

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