Scarlett Johansson faced the Biggest Challenge while filming her first MCU movie as Black Widow
In 2010, Scarlett Johansson debuted as the MCU's first-generation Black Widow in Iron Man 2, which wasn't easy for an actress coming from independent cinema.
In an interview, Scarlett Johansson revealed that her biggest challenge for Iron Man 2 was having to prepare to shoot action scenes for the first time. In addition to the youth of the actress herself, it was also the early days of Marvel Studios, who still did not have the formula to shoot the action scenes, specifically what the doubles had to do and what the actors did. That implied a lifestyle change for the star since she had to be prepared for everything.
Johansson recounted it like this: “That was a huge moment for me because I was, I don't know, 23 or 24 when I was cast in Iron Man 2. I had never set foot in a gym before and I only had five weeks to prepare for the long stunt sequences. Back then, when we were doing it, over a decade ago, we hadn't understood how to be more efficient in the process of filming stunt work: what the stuntmen could do and what the actor would need to know. So I was doing the huge choreographed sequences and I had no previous experience with any of it. It was just an abrupt lifestyle change immediately after being cast."
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