Scarlett Johansson has a superb motive as to why Black Widow can by no means return to the MCU.
Johansson made her MCU debut as Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff in 2010’s Iron Man 2. She reprised the position in quite a few different Marvel Studios initiatives; nevertheless, Natasha met her demise in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.
Whereas Johansson nonetheless returned as Natasha one final time within the 2021 Black Widow film, she’s stated quite a few occasions that she received’t be returning to the MCU at any level within the close to future. Johansson only recently informed Self-importance Honest, for instance, “It will be very arduous for me to grasp in what capability [returning] would make sense for me, for the character that I play. I miss my buddies and actually would like to be with them perpetually, however what works concerning the character is that her story is full. I don’t need to mess with that. For followers, too—it’s necessary for them.”
Now, nevertheless, Johansson has provided up a superb plot-related motive as to why Black Widow can’t return.
What did Scarlett Johansson say about Black Widow?
Marvel’s Pink Guardian/Alexei Shostakov star David Harbour jokingly stated that Johansson is the “secret character” of Avengers: Doomsday when chatting with her for Interview Journal. Johansson responded, “If I come again from the useless, then half the world’s inhabitants dies. Didn’t you see Endgame for Christ’s sake?”
Natasha sacrificed herself in Avengers: Endgame in order that Clint Barton/Hawkeye may get the Soul Stone so as to defeat Thanos. If Natasha have been to come back again, it might imply that something they used for the Soul Stone could be undone, that means Thanos would now not be defeated and half the universe would nonetheless be snapped out of existence.
Whereas Johansson might not be in Avengers: Doomsday, Harbour might be reprising his Pink Guardian position in that film, which releases in December 2026.
Initially reported by Brandon Schreur at SuperHeroHype.
