Chris Evans Remembers when Scarlett Johansson Was the Only Fellow Avenger Who Supported Him Outside the MCU – But…

Black Widow is one of the most well-known characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and a well-known member of the Avengers. Before the character sadly passed away in the final two films of the Infinity Saga, she made her screen debut in the Iron Man flicks. Black Widow’s passing essentially ended Scarlett Johansson’s MCU career, despite the character receiving a stand-alone prequel movie.

Chris Evans’s MCU journey as Captain America, who made his film debut in a stand-alone film and went on to become one of the MCU’s most significant characters until retiring in Endgame and choosing to stay with Peggy in past, was somewhat similar, although it had a completely different epilogue.

While the two of them were on-screen collaborators, they were also close friends outside the silver screen, and that friendship is an interesting aspect of their stories that we’d like to report on in this article, since it is truly interesting, seeing how the two of them revealed some interesting details.

Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson sat down for a chat for Variety Studio: Actors on Actors, a very specific type of interview in which the two actors talked to each other and asked questions. If you follow the link we provided, you will find out more. It was more a one-on-one talk between friends than an actual interview, but as the two of them talked about directors and their different approaches, we found out one interesting detail:

Evans: It takes me a couple of days to get comfortable on set to do that. Because if you ask for more, and they don’t get better, it’s going to be harder to ask for more in the future.

Johansson: That’s a funny way of looking at it.

Evans: Yeah. It’s a really insecure, egoic way of looking at it.

Johansson: I feel if you have an idea for something, and this is probably good advice for actors that are kind of coming up or starting out in film, you should ask for another take. Or you feel maybe you have something else in you that you’re curious about, you should ask for another take because it will haunt you forever.

Evans: Sure.

Johansson: Noah is in stark contrast to Rian. He’s relentless, and you can do 50 takes. He only uses one camera, and he’s very specific about the words are the words. Every hesitation, every unfinished sentence, everyone talking over one another is all completely scripted.

Evans: Nothing is improvised in that movie?

Johansson: Not a single word.

Evans: You guys both need Oscars, because I was like, “Oh, this is improvised.” It’s like theater.

Johansson: It totally was like theater. I wanted to ask you about your experience in theater too, because you’re so good.

Evans: It’s like you’re my only actor friend that actually came to see the play [2018’s Broadway revival of “Lobby Hero”].

Johansson: They paid me.

Evans: Yup.

Source: Variety

Of course, this was a comical moment, but it sheds some light on how close Chris and Scarlett are as friends, which also explains why their on-set chemistry in the MCU films was so great and authentic. We actually loved this whole interview, and if you want to find out more, we advise you to read it completely, as it is truly an interesting read.

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