Long before Black Widow made its splashing debut, there's been a persistent rumor that the film headlined by Scarlett Johansson will feature cameo appearances from her Avenger buddies, most notably Tony Stark aka Iron Man. Obviously, that never happened by according to one of the film's writers, the rumors surrounding Stark's involvement in the film are in fact true but ultimately, Marvel Studios had to drop initial plans for RDJ's supposed cameo.
However, the said cameo isn't something that would've thrilled fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and according to co-writer Eric Pearson, original plans called for Tony's cameo to just be old footage from Captain America: Civil War and not exactly a fresh encounter between him and Natasha Romanoff.
In an exclusive interview with ComicBook's Phase Four podcast, Pearson revealed: "I feel bad for the person who asked me this the other day because I said 'there was never any discussion,' but I do remember now that one version of the script before me literally had written into it 'The end moment of Civil War with Tony and Natasha,' but it was old footage."
He continued: "It would have been 'Hey audience, remember where we are, we're going to key off of this moment of her.' So it wouldn't have been Robert Downey Jr, at least to the best of my knowledge, that was the only time that I saw Tony Stark's came in was just a flag planted reminder of 'Hey we're right at the end of Civil War.'"
It's a shame that we didn't get that scene or any other cameo from Johansson's Marvel co-stars but quite frankly, it's not like the film needed them. If anything, it would've overshadowed Romanoff, and let's be real here, it would've cost the studio millions just to get the likes of Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans to appear even.
Black Widow is now screening in cinemas and streaming on Disney+ via Premier Access.
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