Black Widow’s Florence Pugh had to fight Scarlett Johansson on first day: ‘Hi! I’m going to beat you now’

metro.co.uk:

Scarlett Johansson on her first day of filming.Florence, who stars as Russian spy Yelena Belova alongside Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff, recalled the pretty unusual introduction, revealing that the stunt team on the film were keen for the actresses to get in on the action.‘It’s amazing how they create fights you are capable of doing if you are up for it,’ the 25-year-old explained.‘That was so exciting because you get to be really shoving Scarlett Johansson against the kitchen counter, which was the first day I worked with her.

We’d only met a week previous so it was like, “Hi! I’m going to beat you now,”‘ she added to The Sun.‘But it was great and we fell in love during that fightbecause it was just so messy.