She had no idea her recommendation would be dismissed just a year or so later, when Loki stole the Tesseract, and that Tony Stark would become both a valued colleague and a friend. Unfortunately for Iron Man, she was less than impressed while the armor was remarkable, Black Widow considered the man to be flawed. The rest, of course, was history Black Widow maneuvered herself into Tony Stark's presence, and conducted her secret assessment. Variety is reporting the rumor that Emily Blunt is in talks to play Natasha Romanoff in Iron Man 2. She was none too happy about this mission, which frankly left her somewhat predisposed to view Stark with contempt. And so Natasha Romanoff took the alias of "Natalia Rushman," and joined Stark Industries' legal department. Black Widow's infiltration of Stark Industries should be seen as the next step in Nick Fury's Avengers application process a colleague assessment, an evaluation conducted by another Avenger. Amusingly, Tony Stark intercepted Fury's radio transmissions, and told Pepper Potts that Nick Fury wanted to ask him out, he was just being smooth about it.īut here's the catch it's one thing to impress random SHIELD agents, but another to impress other members of the Avengers. These covert operatives were tasked with watching Stark in combat, working out Iron Man's capabilities, and whether or not he was suited to working in the Avengers. The Iron Man 2: Agents of SHIELD one-shot revealed Fury had gone to significant lengths to figure out just what Tony Stark was capable of, deliberately and covertly inserting SHIELD agents in tactical units he felt would likely cross paths with Iron Man. Related: Marvel Comics Will Prove Black Widow's MCU Death Was a MistakeĬontext is provided by various official tie-in comics published around the release of Iron Man 2, which reveal Nick Fury had been carefully monitoring Tony Stark for some time. But why was Black Widow sent to evaluate Iron Man in the first place? It was immediately clear Black Widow would be no damsel in distress, but would instead be a formidable member of the Avengers.
But Black Widow was far more than a pretty face, as she proved in a superb hallway scene in which she tore through a group of security guards in the time it took Happy Hogan to deal with one.
Played by Scarlett Johansson, she was an instant hit an elite SHIELD agent who had been assigned to infiltrate Stark Industries, and who was clearly rather unimpressed with Tony Stark. Jackson's Nick Fury stepped out of the shadows and welcomed Tony Stark into a " bigger universe" that would soon come to encompass gods and monsters, super-soldiers, and time travelers.Īll attention was on the inevitable formation of the Avengers, and in 2010's Iron Man 2 Marvel introduced their next member: super-spy Black Widow. The Marvel Cinematic Universe really began in Iron Man's post-credits scene, when Samuel L.
Then, the film had moved quickly back into the action and main story leaving little time for fans to take in the character's end.Black Widow infiltrated Stark Industries in Iron Man 2 - and the full reason is only provided in official tie-in comics. For some moviegoers, the death in Avengers: Endgame felt a bit unceremonious as some didn't grieve, thinking the character would be brought back to life as the mission of the film was to resurrect those who were killed by Thanos. Johansson first appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe for Iron Man 2 before going on to star in The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.
"I feel really happy with the work that we've done for this decade of time and, you know, it's bitter sweet to say, 'Goodbye,' but if you love something, you need to set it free!" "Honestly, I feel like it's always, it feels great to leave a party when it's still raging and I think that this film feels very much like it's alive and fresh and powerful and I feel really pleased with it," Johansson said.