You made your girl your CEO, you're giving away all your stuff. You guys are both leads (and should be paid equally).' It was never even a male/female thing.You've been very busy. “But I have my mom to thank for really pushing that, being like, 'It’s about screen time. “Now I even have, like, surpassed my male co-stars,” she says with a chuckle. “I feel very fortunate to be able to say this, but I fought that battle really early on, and set a precedent for myself in my career and just stuck to it really strongly,” she says, noting that her manager mom insisted upon parity since she was a child actor.
Similarly, she won’t get near salary negotiations for a movie she’s not allowed to confirm, but for Johansson, parity was a strategy from the start. She does “love” Harbour’s Netflix show, for the record. Johansson obviously won’t comment on casting rumors for a movie she can’t confirm is being made (cough, Rachel Weisz and “Stranger Things” star David Harbour, cough). OK, so back to the “Black Widow” spinoff.
'Avengers: Endgame': Everything you need to know going into the epic final battle Who lives or dies in 'Avengers: Endgame'? Every hero's chance of survival, ranked View Gallery: 'Avengers: Endgame': Stars hit the red carpet for the world premiere I feel ownership of that character and I feel confident about it.” “I didn’t know how the audience was going to respond to my take on the character – it was a beloved character forever and I felt like it was huge shoes to fill.
"I can stand among my cast and crew and feel like I have a decade of work under my belt and it’s meaningful. In a sense, onscreen or off, you don’t mess with the woman the media has dubbed ScarJo.Īhead of “Endgame,” Johansson exudes the confidence of feeling “more like I belong here. It’s really impactful.”Īlong her superhero trajectory, she's also suffered some cultural missteps: Outcries of whitewashing arose after she starred in the Japanese manga adaptation “Ghost in the Shell” in 2017, and criticism from the LGBTQ community drove Johansson to drop out of playing a trans character just last year in the movie "Rub & Tug."īut she’s also become a vocal member of the Time’s Up initiative in Hollywood and has earned a no-nonsense reputation in the industry. And that they wanted to look up on the screen and see stories and fully developed characters that represented how they felt and what they wanted to aspire to. “I look around today at the universe and how diverse it is and the fact that the audience and the fans drove the studios in general, not just Marvel, to represent what was going on in the zeitgeist. Johansson agrees that the MCU has evolved. Times have changed and these movies are changing with them." "They have ample power and agency of their own and don't require a romantic interest. But while her Widow waited, "female superheroes have evolved into being far more than just a pretty face or a hypersexualized presence," says Karie Bible, box office analyst for Exhibitor Relations. Indeed, her character has weathered the best and worst of Marvel, including blatant sexism: "Avengers: Endgame" co-director Joe Russo found a “disturbing” lack of Black Widow toys available for kids around 2015's "Avengers: Age of Ultron," and consequently she was included in the first action-figure wave for 2016's "Captain America: Civil War."Įxperts are surprised it's taken so long for Johansson, who drove the 2014 action film "Lucy" to $463.4 million worldwide at the box office, to be granted a Marvel spinoff. Scarlett Johansson slams paparazzi: 'Just a waiting game' until someone gets killed Sorry, Black Widow! Scarlett Johansson's daughter loves princesses the most Wait, Johansson can’t even say how she feels about the idea of Black Widow finally getting her own film? Or if she's ramping up workouts to prepare? “No, I can’t!” she says, fully under the scrutiny of a Disney representative sitting on the floor behind her.
The 34-year-old actress starts and stops a couple of times before finally blurting out, “I don’t even think I can say a single thing! And that makes my job easier and harder at the same time." Scarlett Johansson, who has played the Russian spy since launching the character in “Iron Man 2” in 2010, laughs whenever a question is posed on the long-awaited “Black Widow” spinoff, which many have speculated will go into production this year. LOS ANGELES – As “Avengers: Endgame” closes in on its finale ( in theaters Friday), Black Widow is just getting started. Watch Video: 'Avengers: Endgame': How we got here in 90 seconds