Scarlett Johansson Says It Would Be a ‘Miracle’ for Black Widow to Return to the MCU: ‘But Who Knows?’

Have Marvel fans really seen the last of Black Widow? Never say never, according to Scarlett Johansson.

During an appearance on Monday at Today show to promote her skincare line The Outset, the 38-year-old actress coyly responded to speculation that she might return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as her superhero character.

“I think that was the end, right? … She passed,” Johansson told Savannah Guthrie, referring to a scene in Avengers: Endgame when Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow sacrifices herself to get the Soul Stone from Thanos, sparing the life of Jeremy Renner’s Clint Barton/Hawkeye.

“It would be a miracle. It would be a true Marvel marvel. It would be a miracle. But who knows?”, joked the actress in a conversation with Guthrie (51).

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Scarlett Johansson on Today broadcast on November 13, 2023.

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Johansson was similarly vague while speaking to a wider group of co-hosts on the show, when Al Roker asked about the rumours, citing Marvel’s “multiverse” as a potential loophole.

“Is it like a vampire version of the character? Because that’s what I’m here for. Or a zombie version, maybe?” she said, playfully avoiding directly answering Roker, 69, after he asked if she had been approached by Marvel Studios to reprise her role.

Johansson first played Black Widow in 2010 Iron Man 2and appeared as a character in several resulting films, including the Avengers (2012) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).

And while the character died in 2019 Avengers: Endgameshe again had a leading performance in 2021 black Widow standalone film, which takes place after the events of Captain America: Civil War (2016).

Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow. Marvel Studios/Kobal/Shutterstock How to watch Marvel movies in order: release date and chronologically

As early as July 2021, Johansson said Fatherly that she “doesn’t plan to come back as” the assassin-turned-avenger, seemingly taking her final bow black Widow.

“I’m really happy with this movie,” she said. “It feels like a great way to meet this chapter of my Marvel identity.”

But that doesn’t mean we won’t see the two-time Oscar nominee around the MCU at all.

“I would love to be able to continue working with Marvel in other ways because I think there’s an incredible wealth of stories,” she said. “Reimagining this genre is something I find very interesting.”

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