The Avengers: Endgame writers recently dove into the regret they had when killing Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow off before the final battle in the film.
While fans still have a few months to wait until Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow arrives in theaters, the writers behind Avengers: Endgame recently explained their one regret with killing Natasha Romanoff towards the ending of the film. As fans know, Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow sacrificed herself on Vormir so that Hawkeye could get the Soul Stone to help craft the Avengers’ own Infinity Gauntlet. But the writers of Avengers: Endgame explained they regret killing her at that moment.
In a huge interview with Vanity Fair, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely discussed the puzzle of killing Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow when they did. They explained that due to the rules they’d already established in Avengers: Infinity War they knew they needed to pair two heroes that loved each other to travel to Vormir – with Black Widow and Hawkeye being the obvious choice. Although they say they’re proud of the moment, they regret that her death comes at the end of the second act – since the following battle undercuts any grief the audience might feel about Scarlett Johannson’s Black Widow. Read how the Avengers: Endgame writers approached the moment below.
“Not without some controversy. We certainly thought long and hard about it. We knew we were killing the first female hero of the Marvel Universe. We stupidly came up with these rules in the first movie—someone’s going over that cliff. So we had to decide. By the way, you had to easily love the person next to you, so we couldn’t send Steve Rogers and Hulk. So it’s a puzzle of our own making, but it felt like it was the resolution of her arc, that if she could sacrifice herself for her new family and for half the universe, that was worth it to her. She jumps on the grenade. I’m really proud of that moment. I don’t have any regrets. The only regret is that it comes at the end of Act Two. So you can’t really roll around in the grief because we’ve got another hour of movie and we haven’t solved the A-plot problem. So that’s the downside.”
What do you think about the death of Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow in Avengers: Endgame? Do you think Hawkeye should’ve made the sacrifice? Tell us in the comments!
Here is the official synopsis for Avengers: Endgame:
The grave course of events set in motion by Thanos that wiped out half the universe and fractured the Avengers ranks compels the remaining Avengers to take one final stand in Marvel Studios’ grand conclusion to twenty-two films, “Avengers: Endgame.”
Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, Avengers: Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillan, Danai Gurira, Benedict Wong, Jon Favreau, Bradley Cooper, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Josh Brolin.
Avengers: Endgame is now available on Digital HD, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD.
Source: Vanity Fair
