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Fay Watson

Body horror meets Black Widow? The Substance director reportedly turned down the Marvel movie to focus on her award-winning horror

The Substance / Black Widow.

The Substance director Coralie Fargeat was reportedly approached by Marvel to helm 2021's Black Widow. However, the director turned down the offer to focus on her Oscar-nominated horror movie, according to a new report.

Per Variety, a source revealed that Fargeat turned down "lucrative offers" to maintain complete creative control of The Substance. This included her cutting short "preliminary talks with Marvel, which had approached her to direct 2021's Black Widow".

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