For years now there have been calls for Scarlett Johansson to headline her own Black Widow movie, and that took a huge step towards finally becoming a reality earlier this month when Marvel Studios tapped Jac Schaeffer (Nasty Women) to pen the script for a solo film for the Avenger.

This is of course exciting news for fans of the character – and that extends to directors Joe and Anthony Russo, who have worked with Johansson on Captain America: The First Avengers, Captain America: Civil War and the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4, with the duo sharing a few words on the project during an interview with the Happy Sad Confused podcast.

“It’s crazy exciting, yeah,” said Anthony, with Joe adding: “Yeah, we’re very happy for that. I mean it’s such a rich and interesting character. There’s so much to explore with a character whose history was as a villain, and you know, Scarlett does such a good job of playing that character and people are so used to that character that you forget the character’s history, and so there’s a lot of compelling stories to tell about someone who has a dark past.”

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