Scarlett Johansson turned producer for the first time with the upcoming conspiracy comedy Fly Me to the Moon. The actress is also set to make her directorial debut with Eleanor the Great and is even part of the upcoming Jurassic World spinoff. This is the second big franchise she is a part of after playing Black Widow in the MCU.
The actress, who has had a tumultuous relationship with Marvel and Disney since they simultaneously released Black Widow in theaters and streaming, revealed that she shared a text chain with her The Avengers co-stars. She mentioned that they discussed negative reviews and box office collections in their messages.
Scarlett Johansson Confirms The Existence Of An Avengers Text-Chain
Remember the hilarious superhero text-chain memes? Well, that might just be a reality as Scarlett Johansson revealed that the OG Avengers stars of the MCU share an active text chain. The actress played Natasha Romanoff a.k.a Black Widow in the franchise since 2010 and finally got her solo film in 2021.
The OG Avengers have had varying degrees of success since their climactic ending in the franchise with Avengers: Endgame. While Johansson has starred in Asteroid City and turned producer with Fly Me to the Moon, Paul Rudd had a terrible time with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and Jeremy Renner has been slowly recovering from his accident.
Chris Evans, who exited the franchise, has also had a series of duds like Pain Hustlers, Ghosted, and The Gray Man. Robert Downey Jr., however, won his first Oscar for Oppenheimer while Chris Hemsworth has won hearts with Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Chances are that the text chain had been pretty active. Scarlett Johansson spoke about the text chain to The New York Times,
Hopefully, nobody will ever read it. Everything goes on in there. I mean, really. If somebody’s gotten terrible reviews, that could be something that comes up. The Avengers, we’re like a family. We’ve been through an incredible experience over a decade plus of time. It was life-changing for all of us. If you text the chain, you can guarantee that within a few minutes, most people will respond, which is great.
The actress’ character was killed off in Avengers: Endgame, with her solo film Black Widow being a prequel.
Scarlett Johansson Says She Does Not Hold A Grudge Over Disney
Scarlett Johansson has had two major legal tussles in the recent past. The Sing 2 star recently filed a suit against OpenAI for using her likeness as the voice for ChatGPT’s voice assistant feature, Sky. The actress was reportedly approached by CEO Sam Altman, but she refused to be a part of it. However, many users said that Sky sounded similar to Johansson (via The Guardian).
Her other major legal tussle has been with Disney after her solo Marvel film Black Widow was released simultaneously in theaters and streaming. This reportedly exempted the studio from honoring the box office profit bonus contractually promised to Johansson. The actress took them to court and then settled. She said to The New York Times,
I don’t hold a grudge. I think it was just poor judgment and poor leadership at that time. It just felt very unprofessional to me, the entire ordeal. And honestly, I was incredibly disappointed, especially because I was holding out hope until, finally, my team was like, ‘You have to act.’
The actress was reportedly shocked at the time and did not how to unravel the issue as it was at the height of COVID and she was pregnant.
All of the Avengers films are available to stream on Disney Plus.
