Scarlett Johansson criticises ‘Iron Man 2”s “hypersexualisation” of Black Widow

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Iron Man 2.The 2010 film marked the actor’s first appearance as Natasha Romanoff in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Johansson is set to reprise her role as the titular character in forthcoming Marvel film Black Widow, and reflected upon her early days with the character in a new interview with Collider.“While [Iron Man 2] was really fun and had a lot of great moments in it, the character is so sexualised, you know?” she said.“[She is] really talked about like she’s a piece of something, like a possession or a thing or whatever – like a piece of ass, really.

And Tony even refers to her as something like that at one point … ‘I want some.'”Johansson added: “Maybe at that time that actually felt like a compliment.