Earlier this week we got our first look at next year’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron with some concept art from the ABC documentary Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe [which you can see here, if you’ve not already done so] and now Scarlett Johansson has offered up a few words about Black Widow’s role in the hotly-anticipated sequel, hinting that we’ll get to find out a little more about that red in her ledger.
“In Avengers 2 we go back…. we definitely learn more about Widow’s back-story even more, and get to find out how she became the person you see,” Johansson tells IGN during a promotional interview for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. “All of these characters have deep, dark pasts. And I think in Avengers 2 maybe the past catches up to some of us a little bit.”
The Avengers: Age of Ultron is set for release on May 1st 2015, with a cast that also includes returning MCU stars Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Chris Evans (Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (The Incredible Hulk), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury) and Paul Bettany (JARVIS / The Vision) alongside new additions Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass 2) as Quicksilver, Elizabeth Olsen (Oldboy) as the Scarlet Witch, Thomas Kretschmann (Dracula) as Baron Strucker, and James Spader (The Blacklist) as Ultron.
Originally published March 20, 2014. Updated December 13, 2019.
