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Black Widow (2019) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
- Scarlett Johansson As Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow. Scarlett Johansson reprises her role as Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow MCU audiences have come to know and love since her introduction in 2010's Iron Man 2.
- Florence Pugh As Yelena Belova. Florence Pugh plays Yelena Belova, another Black Widow spy trained by the same organization as Natasha Romanoff, in Black Widow.
- Rachel Weisz As Melina Vostokoff. Rachel Weisz plays Melina Vostokoff, in Black Widow. Weisz confirmed Melina is another Black Widow agent in addition to Yelena and Natasha and that she, too, went through the Red Room Academy in her youth.
- David Harbour As Alexei Shostakov/Red Guardian. David Harbour plays Alexei Shostakov, a.k.a Red Guardian, in Black Widow. In the Marvel comics, Red Guardian is Russia's version of Captain America.
Driven by her Handler, a mysterious Colonel, this 'femme fatale', clothed always in black, embarks on a killing spree across the major cities of Europe, in vileness acts that shows no mercy nor boundaries, guided by an irresistible instinct for extermination.
- Here's who will occupy Natasha's time between Wars.
- SCARLETT JOHANSSON
- FLORENCE PUGH
- DAVID HARBOUR
- O-T FAGBENLE
- RAY WINSTONE
- RACHEL WEISZ
- TASKMASTER
By Matt Fowler
Posted: Aug 6, 2019 5:54 pm
The first stop on the runaway train that is Marvel Studios' Phase 4 -- which includes a mixture of movies and Disney+ programming -- is the hotly-anticipated Black Widow film, which backtracks us a bit in the MCU timeline to a point that rests between Civil War and Infinity War, when Scarlett Johansson's Natasha Romanoff was on the run.
Due out May 1, 2020, Black Widow looks to delve deep into the Russian "Red Room" training facility, birthplace of the Black Widows. Natasha will clash with faces from her past as well as possible Black Widow successors. But who all is in Black Widow and what role will they play in Natasha's crucible? Let's take a look at the cast and characters involved...
Scarlett Johansson portrays, perhaps for the final time, Natasha Romanoff. Here she'll be playing Black Widow at some point during the two years between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War. We may even get to see when she dyes her hair blonde. Details are spare, but we do know that, despite being in contact with Steve Rogers, she'...
Florence Pugh (Midsommar, Fighting With My Family) plays Yelena Belova, another covert operative trained in the Black Widow assassin program - and the MCU's possible heir apparent to the official Black Widow mantle after this film. Belova will definitely be an adversary/obstacle in the movie, but will things change between her and Natasha by the en...
Stranger Things' David Harbour plays Alexei Shostakov - aka Russia's version of Captain America, The Red Guardian. In the comics, Shostakov and Romanoff were married, and both indoctrinated into the KGB. Whether Red Guardian and Black Widow have a romantic past in the movie, or just one of comradery and/or respect, is yet to be determined.
O-T Fagbenle (The Handmaid's Tale) plays Mason, a friend from S.H.I.E.L.D. and a possible love interest for Natasha. There are no other details given about Mason, so as of right now he's an original character with no real comic book roots.
Ray Winstone (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, The Departed) is in the film but his actual role hasn't been disclosed yet.
Rachel Weisz (The Mummy, The Favourite) is playing a character named Melina. Melina, like Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova, is a "Black Widow," though instead of being a younger future Widow, she'll represent the generation of Widows that came right before Natasha. Is she the movie's primary antagonist? We'll have to see.
As shown in the official concept art above, and as fans in attendance at San Diego Comic-Con saw with their own eyes when they caught a preview scene, Taskmaster is a villain in Black Widow. However, no actor has been assigned to the role, which could mean that Taskmaster is someone already announced - like Weisz's Melina or Fagbenle's Mason. Taskmaster is known as one of the best fighters in all of Marvel's history, being able to watch his opponents' moves and then instantly replicate their fighting style. For more on Taskmaster, check out our explainer on his history, powers and more.
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- Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) The star of the show, Scarlett Johansson suits up as Black Widow one last time. Finally getting a solo film to call her own, Natasha Romanoff teams up with her found family to confront her haunted past.
- Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) Florence Pugh makes her MCU debut as Yelena Belova, Natasha's surrogate sister. The two have a tumultuous relationship throughout the film, being inseparable as kids only to resent one another after years apart.
- Alexei Shostakov (David Harbour) This ain't the Crimson Dynamo, this is indeed the Red Guardian. The poor man's Captain America, David Harbour portrays the Red Guardian AKA Alexei Shostakov.
- Melina Vostokoff (Rachel Weisz) Rachel Weisz appears as former Black Widow Melina Vostokoff, who has since taken the role of lead scientist for the Red Room.
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This is the combined filmography of the main cast of Black Widow (2021) not including series or shorts. This list combines the film work of Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, William Hurt, Ray Winstone and Rachel Weisz as of the 22nd of March 2022.
