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- Natasha Romanoff
- Yelena Belova
- Alexei Shostakov
- Melina Vostokoff
- Ursa Major
- Taskmaster
- Dreykov
- Black Widows
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents
- Rick Mason
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. Black Widow manages to do just that, ending Dreykov's control over her and the other Widows, taking down the Red Room, and setting off to free her ...
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. Though Yelena makes fun of Natasha's self-centered hero poses and Natasha finds Yelena's vest to be a questionable purchase at first, the ...
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. Russia's response to the Star-Spangled Man, Alexei is one of a few super-soldiers in the MCU. Bringing plenty of humor and odd fatherly advice, Harbour proves to be an excellent choice as the ...
Rachel Weisz appears as former Black Widow Melina Vostokoff, who has since taken the role of lead scientist for the Red Room. Melina differs significantly from her Marvel Comics counterpart, where she goes by the moniker Iron Maiden. The character is still a master assassin but instead wears a strong suit made of strong metal. Sound familiar? Despi...
Who? For those that missed this comic book deep cut, Olivier Richters plays Ursa Major who appears in the prison scene with Alexei. After challenging the Red Guardian to an arm-wrestling match, Alexei swiftly breaks his wrist and mocks his opponent by calling him a "big bear." In the comics, Ursa is just that: a big bear. The character is actually ...
One of Black Widow's primary adversaries, Taskmaster arrives in the MCU for the first time but in a slightly different manner. Rather than sticking to the comic books, Black Widowtweaks Taskmaster's origin by putting Antonia Dreykov in the suit, who Natasha thought she had killed in Budapest. Instead, she created a monster, played by Olga Kurylenko...
The big bad behind it all, Ray Winstone brings the Red Room's Dreykov to life. After being teased all the way back in 2012's The Avengers, Black Widowfinally sheds some light on why Dreykov has haunted the character all these years. Interestingly, Dreykov is the only character on this list not to be directly based on a comic book character. Natasha...
Joining the main three Black Widows are several others from the Red Room's program, who are all stuck under Dreykov's control. Although the Black Widow program originally brainwashed their subjects the old-fashioned way, the Red Room has since upgraded to physical implants to take over the minds of its victims. Luckily, Natasha and her ragtag gang ...
Though they were dissolved all the way back in 2014's Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division still manages to sneak its way back into MCU projects. SHIELD agents, more specifically their SUVs, appear at the very start of the film, chasing down Natasha, Yelena, Alexei, and Melina...
Speaking of SHIELD, O-T Fagbenle plays Rick Mason — Natasha's contact who previously worked at the intelligence agency. Mason played a relatively minor role in the grand scheme of things but played a crucial role in ensuring that Black Widow could get from point A to point B. In the comics, Rick Mason is also known as the Agent, a highly trained co...
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Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.
Black Widow is a 2021 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 24th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
- 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.
Black Widow: Directed by Cate Shortland. With Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, Rachel Weisz, David Harbour. Natasha Romanoff confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.
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In Marvel Studios’ action-packed spy thriller “Black Widow,” Natasha Romanoff a.k.a. Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.