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Hawkeye Writers Didn't Know About Yelena's Black Widow Post-Credits Scene


If you watched Black Widow, there is little doubt that you were excited about the post-credits scene where Yelena Belova is given a new target by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. Naturally, it also had fans convinced that Yelena will turn up in Hawkeye to go after Clint Barton. However, it looks like a few important people didn't know about the scene. It has just been revealed that the Hawkeye writers had no idea about Yelena's teased connection to the Marvel Cinematic Universe show.

Black Widow concluded with Yelena Belova visiting Natasha Romanoff's grave where she encounters Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. After a quick exchange, Val informs her of a new target and shows Yelena a photo of Clint, telling her he is responsible for Nat's death.

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It's an obvious tease at Yelena showing up in Hawkeye to go after Clint but before Black Widow could premiere, the show's writers had no idea about the cool connection. Only head writer Jonathan Igla, who had been pushing for Yelena's appearance in Hawkeye, knew about it. His source? Kevin Feige.

“There was a length of time where I wasn’t supposed to share it with the rest of the writing staff. There were a handful of things like that, which was challenging,” Igla told The Hollywood Reporter.

“I did my best. I like to think that I’m an honest broker and if somebody tells me not to share something, even if I think, ‘Well the writing staff really needs to know this,’ then I’m just going to trust their process …. I kept it under my hat for a while,” he added.

It's interesting that Feige wanted to keep that a secret for a long time but it certainly paid off. The hype for Yelena's return was very high and people loved it when she finally showed up in Hawkeye.

Hawkeye Episode 5 airs on Disney+ on December 15, 2021.

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