Scarlett Johansson On Pulling Back From ‘Hyper-Sexualization’ Of Natasha Romanov For ‘Black Widow’

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“Black Widow” is just a few weeks away from releasing on Disney+, and star Scarlett Johansson is opening up in a new interview about how her character has evolved in the decade that’s passed since Natasha Romanov was first introduced in “Iron Man 2”.

Speaking with Collider, Johansson looks back at how the character was hyper-sexualized at first, something that has lessened over time. “It definitely has changed and I think part of that change has probably — it’s hard because I’m inside it, but probably a lot of that is actually from me too,” Johansson explains. “I’ll be 35 years old and I’m a mom and my life is different.