Why did Scarlett Johansson want to remove the executive product*

Scarlett Johansson is one of the most important actors in the history of Marvel Cinematic University, where a black widow, also known as Natasha Romanoff, was photographed on the screen for more than a decade. The character (spoilers?) Died in 2019 “Avengers: Endgame”, and while Johansson returned to the role two years later in the movie “Black Widow” (which occurs before “Endgame” in the MCU’s schedule), she has it. She explained that a black widow herself will remain dead. All this, he appeared previously as if Johansson had since reunited them with Marvel Studios, where he got the balance of an executive product in “Thunderbolts*” for 2025. However, it turned out that she tried to remove this credit.

David Harbour, who appeared for the first time in “Black Widow”, did not knock on this time, in a piece for Interview magazine. The two spoke on the same day as “Thunderbolts*” theaters and had a good exchange on this topic. But in the middle of the fun, Johansson revealed that she did not watch the movie at that stage and 2) she tried to remove her name from his credits. Here is how the exchange went:

harborIt is the opening day for a movie, basically, you are the seventh thunderbolt. Your character in this movie. Did you see him?

Johansson: no.

harbor: Okay. You are an executive product on that. Congrats.

JohanssonI asked to remove my credit because I was not involved.

the The role of the film producer can be difficult to explain From, for example, output. Some film producers do not do much and still collect a check. Others are strongly involved in production. In this case, Johansson ended not to do a lot, although it seems that it was also not comfortable in getting any balance of the resulting film. This, in turn, calls on a full set of follow -up questions regarding what happened behind the scenes here.

Let’s go back around the clock to November 2021. Kevin Feij confirmed only Marvel Studios Johansson would produce the MCU projectAlthough she remained mystery. It will appear, after that, that the mystery project was already “Thunderbolts*”, which used several “Black Widow” characters, most notably Yelena Beva (Florence PGH) and Harbour’s Red Guardian.

Although Johansson did not appear on the screen, her inputs continuing an angle of the MCU unit that helped form it logically. In the end, Jakea finished the director’s chair. While the film was produced, Johansson was busy making films such as “Asteroid City”, “Fly Me to the Moon”, “Transformers One” and “The Phoenician Scheme”. It is also important to remember this Johansson filed a lawsuit against Marvel and Disney on the “Black Widow” version on Disney+That was settled by Disney.

So what exactly happened? Was Johansson very busy with other projects that should be practical? Did the creative trend turn away from what was originally brought to be part of it? Do you link the lawsuit with more things than we realize publicly? Without providing Johansson more information, it is difficult to know, but it seems at least contractual, Marvel and Disnene had to keep its “executive product” title in the credits, even if it was against its desires.

As for the future, ton MARVEL representatives from the past returns to “Avengers: Doomsday” for 2026 It is assumed that the “secret wars” in 2027. However, Johansson explained that it will not be one of them. She is still busy, as it leads the upcoming “Global Global” team, with many other projects in its list of tasks as well. This, most likely, flirts with her final with MCU, even if it is just a celebration.

Thunderbolts*in theaters now.