Before Scarlett Johansson was introduced as the Black Widow in Iron Man 2, and she went on to become the highest-grossing actor ever, she was a hustling performer, who was starting to have doubts about her career. While this movie star is now one of the major powerhouses in Hollywood, before joining the MCU she was starting to feel “frustrated and hopeless” about her career, and she recently got candid about how she was feeling before she was cast as Natasha Romanoff.
Following her breakout role in Lost in Translation, Johansson went on to play roles in movies like He’s Just Not That Into You and The Prestige, among others. However, she wasn’t the movie star we recognize her as today. While chatting with Variety, she mentioned that in the years leading up to Iron Man 2’s release in 2010, she was starting to feel “frustrated and hopeless,” especially after losing two big roles, which included the aforementioned MCU movie.
