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Scarlett Johansson thinks Cate Shortland is the perfect director for 'Black Widow'. The 36-year-old actress is thrilled that Cate, 52, agreed to helm the new Marvel film, suggesting that she's ideally suited to making the most of the titular character. Scarlett - who plays Black Widow, aka Natasha Romanoff - told Variety: "She was interested in the parts of Natasha that I was interested in. "She would probably say something like, ‘All her messy bits!’ or something like that. She loves to examine all the flaws of a character, or the perceived flaws of a character - their insecurities. And she w...
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Scarlett Johansson thinks 'Black Widow' sheds a light on society's "imbalance". The 36-year-old actress plays the titular character in the new Marvel movie, and Scarlett feels very proud of the Cate Shortland-directed film. She explained: "The film is inherently female, partly because Cate is directing it and it definitely sheds light on an imbalance I think that women feel inherently because of how our society has been forever for thousands and thousands of years!" Scarlett also thinks the new movie is about "women lifting one another up". She told Glamour UK magazine: "The movie is about the...
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The 'Black Widow' script was written in just 11 days. Screenwriter Eric Pearson has revealed that the Cate Shortland-directed movie - which stars Scarlett Johansson as the titular character - was penned in less than two weeks, although he admitted there have been plenty of rewrites along the way. He told Variety: "We got our good bones down meeting with Kevin [Feige] and [co-producer] Brian Chapek and [director] Cate Shortland and talking to Scarlett a lot. "She was phoning in and then I was locking it into a document that was just like a blueprint. And once I know what I’m doing, I write fast...
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Cate Shortland has hinted at making a 'Black Widow' sequel. The 52-year-old filmmaker directed the new superhero movie starring Scarlett Johansson as the titular character, and Cate has suggested she'd love to make another film with the character. Asked about the possibility of a sequel, Cate said: "I think these girls have got a lot of a***s still to kick." 'Black Widow' was originally slated for release in May last year, but it was pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic. Despite the delay, Cate insisted she didn't change anything about the film during the lockdown. She told Deadline: "I...
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Cate Shortland thinks there could be a 'Black Widow' sequel without Scarlett Johansson. The 52-year-old director has helmed the new Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movie, which sees Scarlett playing Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow for the last time, and believes that another film is possible with the focus on a separate character. Asked if a sequel could happen, Cate told RadioTimes.com: "I think following a different character, yes. "I think Scarlett is really happy that she's leaving the party, you know, and she's not the last to leave. She decided she wanted to go. And I don't think she would ...
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Cate Shortland has been desperate to work with Florence Pugh for years. The 52-year-old director recently joined forces with Florence, 25, to shoot the long-awaited 'Black Widow' movie, and Cate admitted she's been inspired by Florence since seeing her in 2016's 'Lady Macbeth'. Cate told SFX magazine: "I'd wanted to work with Florence since 'Lady Macbeth'. When I did my interview at Disney, Kevin [Feige] asked me who I was inspired by, and she was the first person: I said she'd be great to have in this movie, and we hadn't read the script yet. "I just thought, 'What an interesting person she i...
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Scarlett Johansson shared a 'Black Widow' teaser clip during the MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday (16.05.21). The 36-year-old actress - who plays the titular character in the upcoming film - gave fans a brief insight into the movie after receiving the Generation Award during the ceremony. The high-octane clip featured Scarlett's character and Yelena Belova, played by Florence Pugh, shortly after they narrowly escaped some baddies. The duo briefly exchange some banter, which perhaps hints at their on-screen dynamic through the highly-anticipated Marvel movie. The Cate Shortland-directed film has...
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Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh filmed 'Black Widow' whilst battling pneumonia. The movie's director Cate Shortland has likened shooting the Marvel film to "being in the army" and revealed its two lead stars were both ill whilst they were making it but they pushed through. Speaking to The Gentlewoman, Cate explained: "It was like being in the army. By the end, Scarlett and her co-star Florence Pugh were both shooting while ill with pneumonia." Meanwhile, Florence recently revealed her and Scarlett have a "sisterly bond". The two actresses star together in the upcoming Marvel movie - where...
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Female director numbers reached an all-time high in Hollywood in 2020. The Celluloid Ceiling, which has tracked employment trends in the film industry for the last 23 years, reports that for the second consecutive year, there are more women directing top-grossing movies than ever before. Women filmmakers accounted for 16 percent of directors working on the top 100 grossing films in 2020, according to the report, which confirmed a rise from 12 percent in 2019 and just four percent in 2018. Dr. Martha Lauzen, the executive director of the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at S...
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