"None of us knew..." - Scarlett Johansson recalls filming the first Avengers

The two-time Oscar-nominated actress, Scarlett Johansson, in a recent interview with Vanity Fair, opened up about filming the first Avengers. The Lucy star, who plays Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, has been a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2010, when she made her debut as Black Widow in Iron Man 2.

Johansson, in the interview, confessed that she, along with her other castmates, had second thoughts about The Avengers before it became a blockbuster. She added:

"When we made the first Avengers, none of us knew what the potential would be. Iron Man was massively successful. It was huge; it built the studio of Marvel. And then Iron Man 2 was also very successful. There was Thor, and that character felt like it was from a completely different universe. ... It was such a different tone [from] the Iron Man movies. And then, of course, Captain America. movie had its whole own identity as well."

The Lost in Translation star continued and said:

"And then when you added the characters all together, plus Hulk and Hawkeye, it just felt like a big mess, to be honest. Even on the set, it felt crazy, because we all looked insane. It was like, 'What are we doing?'"

The 40-year-old Johansson, who is currently promoting her upcoming sci-fi, action thriller, Jurassic World Rebirth, which is set to be released on July 2, 2025, during the Vanity Fair interview, also talked about Avengers: Endgame. She wondered why the film wasn't nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Picture category, as it only received one nomination in the Best Visual Effects category.

While she declared Avengers: Endgame as one of the most successful films of all time, Johansson stated that:

"A movie’s commercial appeal should not affect the artistic accolades it receives."

Scarlett Johansson revealed that she and her Avengers co-stars had no idea whether the film would work or not

Fly Me to the Moon, actress Johansson claimed that she and her co-stars on the film had no clue whether the movie would work or not. During the production of The Avengers, she, along with her castmates, was sceptical about the film, wondering how it would turn out. However, it was the director of the film, Joss Whedon, and the president of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige, who had complete faith in the movie and knew it would work. She said:

"I don't think anybody knew if it was gonna work or not. [Marvel Studios president] Kevin Feige knew it was gonna work; [director] Joss Whedon knew it was gonna work. But the cast ... it was blind faith, basically, that we all had in Joss and Kevin Feige."

Interestingly, the cast's sentiment slowly changed towards the movie once they shot the iconic New York battle scene. Johansson added:

"The big scene where you see the 360 of all the characters together — that was the moment where all of us were like, 'I think this is maybe gonna work.' It felt powerful."

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