10 More Movie Performances Even More Impressive When You Know The Truth

Pulling off highly athletic stunt sequences in the thick of bringing a slice of blockbuster action into existence is pretty darn tasking at the best of times. Now take said always arduous endeavour and add the reality of carrying around another little human in your belly.

Well, that's precisely the reality Black Widow star Scarlett Johansson found herself in when appearing in 2014's Avengers: Age of Ultron, with the superwoman and soon-to-be mother choosing to still throw herself into the chaos despite being very much 5-7 months pregnant.

It must be said that Marvel were all too happy to call in the help of a number of stunt doubles for certain stunts deemed too dangerous for the actor with a baby onboard to be genuinely at the centre of. But Johansson still "did as much as (she) could do" and even managed to pull off certain motorcycle exchanges with a little help from a mechanical bull type of motorcycle" and a whole load of CGI.

Seeing as though Natasha Romanoff can routinely be spotted front-and-centre throughout the Avengers sequel, you have to applaud Marvel and the actor's ability to fool audiences into thinking she wasn't carrying around a baby human for much of the shoot.