With MCU’s Phase 4 representing a huge turning point for the decade plus-long franchise, as a few torches are being passed to the heroes who will carry the ‘verse for years to come (Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson, Tatiana Maslany’s She-Hulk, continued rumors about Hailee Steinfeld playing Kate Bishop, etc), one character everyone is eyeing right out of the gate is Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, who will be retroactively set up as the new Black Widow when the movie finally premieres.
Talking to GamesRader, Pugh spoke about her potential future in the MCU and if she’d be the headliner in a Black Widow 2 movie.
“If you get asked to be in a Marvel film, and it was so thrilling and fun and exciting to be in, then of course, your head goes: ‘Oh my God. If this is what it’s like, then what else is next?'” she said. “If that happens and I am lucky enough that people appreciate my character, that’s an exciting road to go on. I would be silly to not be excited by it.”
“I think that being part of the Marvel club is a great honor,” she added. “But we’ll just see if people like Yelena first.”
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As of now, Marvel’s Black Widow is set to be release November 6 in the U.S, though it’s looking increasingly likely that it will be delayed again, perhaps into 2021.
Star Scarlett Johansson has said the movie will offer resolution for fans after the character’s death in Avengers: Endgame, and said she approved of the way her story ended. Johannson also spoke about “handing the baton” to Pugh and to the character of Yelena Belova.
Taking place in between the events of Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War, Black Widow will focus on wrapping up Natasha’s MCU story arc. Alongside Johansson and Pugh, Black Widow features David Harbour (Stranger Things) as Red Guardian and Rachel Weisz (The Mummy) as Melina.
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Source: IGN.com Florence Pugh Hopes Black Widow Fans Like Yelena