Florence Pugh (R) and Scarlett Johansson (L) bonded over the ‘messy’ fight (Picture: Universal)
Black Widow star Florence Pugh has revealed that she was thrown in at the deep end, with the actress having to fight her co-star Scarlett Johansson on her first day of filming.
Florence, who stars as Russian spy Yelena Belova alongside Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff, recalled the pretty unusual introduction, revealing that the stunt team on the film were keen for the actresses to get in on the action.
‘It’s amazing how they create fights you are capable of doing if you are up for it,’ the 25-year-old explained.
‘That was so exciting because you get to be really shoving Scarlett Johansson against the kitchen counter, which was the first day I worked with her. We’d only met a week previous so it was like, “Hi! I’m going to beat you now,”‘ she added to The Sun.
‘But it was great and we fell in love during that fightbecause it was just so messy. It was cool.’
The upcoming Marvel film will follow the assassin turned Avenger in the days after Captain America: Civil War, with the plot being kept very much under wraps.
While Natasha is one of the longest-running characters in the MCU, Scarlett has revealed that she feels it’s her time to leave the franchise, leaving us all a little heartbroken.