While Iron Man 2’s chief purpose was to give Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark another chance to shine on center stage, the sequel also laid groundwork for other corners of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Arguably the biggest example of that was introducing Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff, a.k.a. Black Widow, who would later become one of Tony’s Avengers teammates. Johansson (who was the second choice for the role) also got to share some screen time with Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, and 13 years after the Marvel movie’s release, the actresses are shooting down rumors that they feuded on set.
Scarlett Johansson stopped by Gwyneth Paltrow’s The goop Podcast to talk about her career, and eventually the conversation turned to their time together on Iron Man 2. When Paltrow brought up how people have asked her if she and Johansson had truly fought while working on the movie, the latter had this to say:
