Robert Downey Jr. gives his Stark seal of approval for a Black Widow solo movie. The actor was asked about a standalone film for his Avengers co-star at the Toronto Film Festival.
“Doesn’t Scarlett deserve a break?” he told USA Today about the now pregnant co-star, “I think that the interesting thing particularly after Guardians with Zoe (Saldana), (or) even from the first Iron Man where Pepper was kind of this really – to me the Iron Man franchise would never have taken off without (Gwyneth) Paltrow. There’s something about her that grounded the story. She’s not your typical lady in a superhero movie, and then by Iron Man 3 she’s swallowing serums and putting on suits and kicking (butt) and all that stuff.”
The star continued “it would be kind of more appropriate for a character that already was like a Black Widow (to lead a movie). It just seems like whatever Scarlett does people want to go see it.”
Downey Jr. was asked about Scarlett Johansson’s star power citing how Lucy beat Hercules at the box office earlier this summer.
“The funny thing is honestly at this point everyone deserves a franchise. I think Jeremy Renner is — when folks see the Avengers: Age of Ultron he’s just a rockstar, a bada–. And (Mark) Ruffalo is pumped. He does great (work). I’d like to hear them talk even more seriously about a Hulk franchise, because that’s been one of the toughest ones to get right. But I’m sure that my parent company is feeling expansive and and bold after the summer they’ve had.”
For more of his interview here’s the USA Today link.
Downey Jr. Johansson Renner Ruffalo with Chris Evans and Hemsworth are all together again in Avengers: Age of Ultron in 2015 followed by Ant-Man.
One possible scenario is a Black Widow/Winter Soldier team-up movie or having Bucky Barnes support Natasha as the lead. Bucky and Natasha were lovers and partners in a Winter Soldier spinoff series by Ed Brubaker, write of the Winter Soldier storyline in Cap.
This week’s Black Widow #10 includes a guest appearance by Hawkeye.
By Editor