Avengers, Age of Ultron: How Scarlett Johansson’s Pregnancy Was Covered Up

The fans of Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) will be in heaven on Sunday July 31, 2022 since TF1 will rerun the blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultronfrom 9:10 p.m. That day. 11th movie of mcuthis feature film brings together for the second time on screen all the original members of the avengers. After a successful first film in 2012, which has raised more than 1.5 billion dollars worldwidethis second feature film, released in 2015, was a little less successful in theaters, but still collected over $1.4 billion during its worldwide box office run.

As in the first avengersthe interpreters of the characters of Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye (Chris HemsworthRobert Downey Jr., Chris EvansMark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner) all gave the reply during this feature film. However, the recording of this 2nd film was quite different from the first for Scarlett Johansson. In fact, the actress was pregnant during the filming ofAvengers: Age of Ultron. In order not to risk the health of the actress and her baby, three stunt doubles were hired to perform his character’s stunts.

Avengers, Age of Ultron: Very Similar Linings for Scarlett Johansson

For the anecdote, the three women who were chosen to perform the stunts of Black Widow looked so much like Scarlett Johansson that some actors sometimes started a conversation with one of them, without realizing that it was not the actress. In the end, the shooting went perfectly for Scarlett Johansson who was then able to give birth to her baby without any problem. At the helm of this blockbuster, director Joss Whedon cannot say the same. Turn Avengers: Age of Ultron turned out to be very complicated for him. Indeed, the very large cast, the costumes to be improved and the very different visions of each character were a real challenge for the filmmaker, who lost some hair during filming.

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