Scarlett Johansson On Being An "honorary fanboy" and Training For Iron Man 2!

Scarlett Johansson On Being An "honorary fanboy" and Training For Iron Man 2!

The Iron Man 2 actress talks about her newfound comic book collection and whether she really did train in the art of Mexican wrestling to play Black Widow...

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By JoshWilding - May 04, 2010 05:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Iron Man 2
Source: MTV Splash Page

In the first video, the actress who is married to Ryan Reynolds (who is set to play both Marvel's Deadpool and DC's Green Lantern!) talks about the stacks of comics the couple have now built up after both getting involved in the world of comic book movies:



"There are a lot of comic books in the house," Johansson told MTV News. "More so than I've ever had in my life. If you came over, you'd probably think that we were total fanboys, but it's all for the purpose of research."

"I'm sort of an honorary fanboy, I suppose, now that I've donned that suit and those bracelets and all of that stuff," she said. "You do get into the origin story and it's very complicated and really interesting."

"I actually love to read comics, I've just never been a reader of the Marvel universe, so this is a whole new bag of tricks for me!"

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In this second video from MTV, the actress discusses Jon Favreau's recent remarks stating that she used the Mexican wrestling style of lucha libre to train for her role as Black Widow and his following comment that, "I thought it was a little comical with all of the swinging around, flips, holds and acrobatic moves, but when you see a woman doing it in the Black Widow costume, and it's not a pot-bellied wrestler with a mask, it has a much different effect."



"That is totally untrue," she laughed. "I don't know where that came from."

"He's insane!" she said of director Jon Favreau. "I don't know what he's talking about. That never happened. I'm going to have to have a word with him afterwards."

"It was a bit daunting at first, especially when I was watching whatever Tom Harper, our stunt coordinator, had cut together, these sequences that he was planning and choreographing," she went on to explain. "It was like, 'I'm going to be doing that in how many months?' It just seemed like it'd be really painful. And it was. It all paid off in the end."

Iron Man 2 is out now in the UK and will be released in the US on May 7th.
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MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 5/4/2010, 6:03 PM
Oh ok Scarjo, I'll call over and look at your comics..sent Ryan out for a waxing or something though ok?
selinakyle
selinakyle - 5/4/2010, 6:05 PM
lol @ ror.Hot couple.
CaptainAmerica
CaptainAmerica - 5/4/2010, 6:06 PM
send Ryan to me ;)
mindform
mindform - 5/4/2010, 6:11 PM
Oh Scarlett! :') I'm usually indifferent towards her but my god, I loved her as Black Widow.

And I don't know why but I love that she's married to Ryan. They're such a great couple.
jjmeylar
jjmeylar - 5/4/2010, 6:19 PM
I wish that she had mentioned WHY there are a lot of comics in the house. I mean, WE know why, but do a lot of other people? Her husband, Ryan Reynolds, is a comic book geek...but I digress. I'm glad that she loves reading comics, though.
SHAZAM171
SHAZAM171 - 5/4/2010, 6:19 PM
She is tasty, I'd eat melted ice cream with w"H"ip cream off of her. Yumm LOL ; )~
selinakyle
selinakyle - 5/4/2010, 6:22 PM
@mind form...their combined hotness can be very overwhelming.
mindform
mindform - 5/4/2010, 6:42 PM
@MsKyle08 I know!! I guess I should be jealous because Ryan is freaking hot and also seems like such a nice guy and all but then I remember how hot Scarlett is too... I don't know.

But yeah, amazing couple. And even better, comic book fans! :')
Phinehas
Phinehas - 5/4/2010, 6:49 PM
Did she imply that she's a DC fan?

Also, what's with her voice? Sounds kinda...man-ish.
selinakyle
selinakyle - 5/4/2010, 6:59 PM
its called husky phine.
Phinehas
Phinehas - 5/4/2010, 7:01 PM
I thought it was called gender-identity disorder.
selinakyle
selinakyle - 5/4/2010, 7:12 PM
lol @ phine.
InstigatorGIRL
InstigatorGIRL - 5/4/2010, 7:28 PM
@Logan why did you just say whip like that? Your emphasizing the "H" too much. Are you doing that on purpose or are you seriously that stupid. LMAO. JK. jk.

I was shocked as hell when I read she was married to Ryan; I thought he was engaged to Alanis last I heard. lol. Was like Oh WTF???
CaptainAmerica
CaptainAmerica - 5/4/2010, 8:05 PM
she seems cool enough. i guess she can wash my car.
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 5/4/2010, 8:23 PM



Damn you Ryan
InstigatorGIRL
InstigatorGIRL - 5/4/2010, 8:36 PM
How much you wanna bet I have more comics than they do. LMAO!!! Jk. Or am I???
squirt
squirt - 5/4/2010, 8:45 PM
she is hot as sh!t. love the big boobies
lc
lc - 5/5/2010, 3:54 AM
lmfao@tea
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 5/5/2010, 4:24 AM
Perfect BLACK WIDOW, thats all i'm gonna say! : P

Gose
Gose - 5/5/2010, 5:24 AM
Black widow is the best thing in this movie .................. just pure motion
Zombie137
Zombie137 - 5/5/2010, 9:00 AM
I thought she was great in Ironman 2, i thought the whole movie was great. I don't know why ppl are saying its so-so.

She did kick some ass in the movie.
Nightwing09
Nightwing09 - 5/5/2010, 9:03 AM
SHE WAS A DC!!!!!!
satanors
satanors - 5/5/2010, 11:01 AM
God please. what do i have to do to have her for one night. so freaking sexy
jacksback
jacksback - 5/5/2010, 12:17 PM
I think Ic would have made a sexy Black Widow!
skullboy
skullboy - 5/5/2010, 2:04 PM
What a tart. I find it laughable that someone like her would try to kick anybody's arse in real life from the fighting moves she learned for the movie. She's too busy trying to look pretty and rich. Yeah, she's a comic fan. So what?
PWhite
PWhite - 5/5/2010, 7:54 PM
I love SJH!!! Damn u 2 hell Ryan Reynolds aka Hannibal King aka Wade Wilson aka Hal Jordan!!!
DaenerysTargaryen
DaenerysTargaryen - 5/5/2010, 8:19 PM
Ryan Reynolds is the luckiest son of a bitch on earth.
DaenerysTargaryen
DaenerysTargaryen - 5/5/2010, 8:21 PM
Ryan and Scarlett are the hottest comic book fans ever.
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