Scarlett Johansson takes on the role of Natasha Romanoff (aka Black Widow) in Iron Man 2, the sequel to the 2008 blockbuster. Along with Iron Man veterans Robert Downey Jr and director Jon Favreau, Johansson made the trek to San Diego for the 2009 Comic Con, an event that back in 2007 served as the launchpad for the first Iron Man movie. Sitting down for an interview after showing off clips and answering questions from Comic Con attendees, Johansson confessed she’d never experienced anything like this level of excitement from fans over any of her previous films. “It was incredible,” said Johansson. “It’s exciting to be a part of something that kind of has this built-in fan base that’s got this electricity around it.” Iron Man dvd sales are still strong.
Scarlett Johansson Iron Man 2 Interview
Is it true that you dyed your hair for your first meeting with Jon [Favreau]?
Scarlett Johansson: “Not for my first meeting with Jon. I had actually met with Jon and Kevin [Feige] about a year before pre-production started and we just talked about some of the super heroines in the Marvel Universe. One of them is Black Widow. I think they were kind of toying with the idea of putting the character into the film, and how they would work it in, and all that kind of thing. Then when I had met Jon the second time, I did have red hair. Part of that was me wanting to experiment with my hair color, and the other part of that was me kind of hoping that Jon would like the fact that I had experimented.”