At this point, as far as we can know anything about the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it seems that Scarlett Johansson’s time as Black Widow has come to an end. It was an impressive run. Black Widow appeared in eight films in the franchise between Iron Man 2 and her solo outing and had one of the most unique stories of any character, which the actress says happened because Marvel didn’t know what it was doing in the beginning.
Scarlett Johanson made her debut in the third-ever MCU movie in Iron Man 2, so it was still quite early in the experiment that was the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Appearing on the TSC Podcast, Scarlett Johansson admits that Marvel Studios was still figuring things out, and as such, her original contract included making movies that never happened. This allowed the actress to go back and negotiate things, including where her character would go. She explained…
