Scarlett Johansson On Reprising Her 'Iron Man 2' Role: 'I Hope It Will Happen...She's A Big Part Of The Avengers'

by Rick Marshall


After last week's flurry of "Iron Man 2" imagery, news regarding next year's blockbuster sequel has slowed up a bit — but that doesn't mean the media isn't looking for more info from the film's stars.

Most recently, Scarlett Johansson chatted up The Daily Record about her "Iron Man 2" training regimen, her skin-tight costume and the fight training she had for the role of Natasha Romanoff, the Russian superspy known as Black Widow. She even offered up some thoughts on whether we'll see her suit up again when Marvel's superhero team-up film "The Avengers" comes around.

"What do I like about the character? Everything. Her fabulous outfit. Her wonderful hair. Everything," said Johansson.

"The character does a lot of hand-to-hand combat, it's a sort of defensive style of fighting because she's small," the actress said of her training.

Johansson seemed to reiterate stories echoed by many of the other "Iron Man 2" cast members regarding the very big movie that actually felt very small during filming.

"I thought it would be a little bit daunting, especially because I came into the project as a huge fan of the first movie," she explained. "I think roughly 80 per cent of the crew was back from the first one so it had a real familial feeling and even though the project seemed larger than life and sort of epic, it's got a sort of small kind of communal feeling on the set. I attribute that to Jon [Favreau] and Robert [Downey Jr.] and Marvel. They are dedicated to sort of keeping it all in the family, which I really appreciate. So it was nice."

As for whether there will be another go-around for her as Black Widow, Johansson said she's certainly up for a return in "The Avengers."

"I hope it will happen. I don't know if that's where it's going go but she's definitely a big part of the Avengers," she said. "I think that Marvel is very much invested in these characters just as much as the fans are, just as much as I am. You want the fans to like the character, you want them to believe in the character, root for them, and want to see them again."

"So I'm hoping that if the fans support the character, that we'll see her again," she said.

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