Scarlett Johansson Reveals Why She Asked Marvel to Remove Her 'Thunderbolts' Producer Credit
Scarlett Johansson is opening up about her involvement in Marvel’s latest movie Thunderbolts*!
While the 40-year-old actress did not appear in the ensemble movie, she was originally listed as an executive producer on the film.
However, in a new interview with her Black Widow co-star David Harbour, she revealed she asked Marvel to remove that credit.
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“It’s the opening day of a movie that basically you are the seventh Thunderbolt in. Your character is all over this movie. Have you seen it?” David said for Interview magazine.
“No,” she responded, to which he noted she’s an executive producer. “I asked to have my credit removed because I wasn’t involved.”
David then joked, “You hated the movie that much?”
She did add that she is proud of them for what they made.
Scarlett also shared in the interview what it was like being part of so many different Marvel movies, with a smaller role in some and a bigger role in others.
“Some of the films that I did for Marvel engaged my character more than others. Like in [Captain America: The] Winter Soldier with Chris [Evans], we were really dynamic,” she said. “In some of the other films, the cast was so enormous and there was so much plot to serve that you start to feel like you’re a device to move it along. And if you’re committed to five and a half months of that, it’s like, ‘Okay. I can’t paint my nails, I can’t get a haircut.’ These sound like silly problems, but your identity is wrapped up in this job for a long time, and if you’re not doing engaging work as an actor, you feel a little cagey sometimes.”
The last Marvel movie Scarlett appeared in was, of course, Black Widow, which she actually sued Disney over for breach of contract after it was released in theaters and on Disney+ simultaneously. The lawsuit was settled a few months later.
Next up, Scarlett is starring in the upcoming Jurassic World Rebirth, and she was just spotted on set of another new project just this week!