MCU Phase 4: 9 Reasons To Be Excited About Black Widow
2. It Will Humanise Natasha
Natasha has had moments of vulnerability onscreen, particularly through her unexpected romance with Bruce Banner, but she remains a guarded character for the most part.
Exploring Natasha’s past will hopefully allow us to dive into who she really is – into her core personality. How has Natasha been coping all this time after the many horrendous things that she’d had to endure as part of the Red Room programme?
As mentioned earlier, Natasha’s sterilisation is something that has the biggest impact on her. We know this still gets to her from her speech in Avengers: Age of Ultron, but hopefully we can explore how this made her feel around the time it happened.
It will be exciting to get under her skin and learn who Natasha really is and not the cut-off persona she has gained through being Black Widow. As she hasn’t been a major focal character in the other MCU films, we haven’t really had chance to see her true personality shine through.