Scarlett Johansson remains adamant that Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow's death in the Marvel Cinematic Universe should not be undone.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26701576

Scarlett Johansson remains adamant that Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow’s death in the Marvel Cinematic Universe should not be undone.

  • lobutEnglish
    222·
    14 hours ago

    This is just me, but I always felt her acting talents were wasted in the MCU. Same with Brie Larson.

    • GraniteM@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 hours ago

      They got her early. She had a few solid credits to her name when she did Iron Man 2, but the smart MCU move at that point was to recruit young-ish talent and get them signed on for multi-movie contracts relatively cheap. Hopefully what we all get out of that sort of arrangement is that talented actors make enough MCU money to go off and do whatever out-there artsy stuff that creatively appeals to them and fosters their talents, rather than having to plug away in garbage movies just to pay the bills.

    • Had-Owen-ki-Roast@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      15·
      9 hours ago

      I agree on Scarlet but not on Brie Larson, I find most characters she plays to be bland or not move me as much.

      While Scarlet in Lucy, Dark Blue and ghost in the shell really really make it clear how good of an actress she is.

      • lobutEnglish
        11·
        5 hours ago

        What about when she played Envy Adams on Scott Pilgrim!

        https://youtu.be/1xcSDYy3Dl4

        I mean it was a smaller role years ago, but I loved it.

        For Scarlett, I think she was amazing in Marriage Story.

        • Had-Owen-ki-Roast@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          4·
          2 hours ago

          I didn’t know it was actually her in scott pilgrim, tought it was a good imitation. That is amazing.

          Will add marriage story to my watchlist, can’t remember having seen it.

      • Semjaza@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        7·
        6 hours ago

        Neither her best film with Ghost in the title, nor the best version of Ghost in the Shell.

        Not that I disagree with your point. She has acting chops wasted in MCU.

        • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.socialEnglish
          31·
          2 hours ago

          She wasn’t the problem with Ghost though, at least outside the whitewashing aspect. Probably the best part of it tbh. Movie was just mid all around.

          • yunxiaoli@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            4·
            1 hour ago

            Just a reminder since people apparently still have this confusion; ghost in the shell wasn’t white washed. The character from book one is described as western looking specifically to be able to infiltrate any country without suspicion falling on Japan.

            We can discuss why they didn’t white face a Japanese person if thats somehow less offensive than hiring for the look of the android body instead of the original body that died of cancer as a little girl, but that seems even more silly than people that had no interest in the series (or anime/manga in general) getting upset about accurate casting.