BLACK WIDOW Director Cate Shortland On The Post-Credits Scene And [SPOILER'S] Cameo

BLACK WIDOW Director Cate Shortland On The Post-Credits Scene And [SPOILER'S] Cameo

Black Widow director Cate Shortland has addressed the Marvel Studios movie's post-credits scene in a new interview, explaining how a certain cameo appearance came about. Major spoilers ahead!

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By MarkCassidy - Jul 10, 2021 06:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Black Widow

Now that Black Widow is out in theaters and streaming on Disney+ (well, if you're prepared to fork out 30 quid), director Cate Shortland is free to speak about the movie's big moments, and discussed the post-credits scene during an interview with Total Film.

If you haven't seen Black Widow yet, here's you major spoiler warning.

The film ends with Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) setting off to break the rest of the "Secret Avengers" out of prison, but the post-credits scene jumps forward to after the events of Avengers: Endgame, as Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) pays a tearful visit to her sister's grave. There, Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine gives the new Black Widow(?) her latest assignment: Track down and kill the man responsible for Nat's death, Clint Barton.

Though Val's appearance was a surprise to many, Kevin Feige did kind of give the game away when he revealed that Dreyfus was originally supposed to make her MCU debut in Black Widow before the pandemic resulted in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier being released first.

"I spoke with the director of the series [TFATWS's Kari Skogland] and we had a conversation," Shortland says of the character getting a small screen introduction ahead of Black Widow. "But really, when Julia came on set, she's the full package. So she had decided a lot of how she was going to play the character. And it was just about us being there and witnessing and me like wanting her autograph. I've got a crush on her. I think she's great. I remember just being on planes and watching the whole four seasons of Veep and crying with laughter. She's a really beautiful woman."

Although fans who never watched TFATWS might have been left a little confused, the scene did a great job of setting up the Hawkeye Disney+ series and possibly a new team of Thunderbolt-like antiheroes under the Contessa's control.

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Manmarvel
Manmarvel - 7/10/2021, 6:03 AM
So she was supposed to be in this first originally? Also is she just going to play evil Nick Fury?
LSHF
LSHF - 7/10/2021, 6:16 AM
@Manmarvel - Not that that I ever heard of or read. The only thing I read was she was first supposed to be introduced in Black Widow.

Though her introduced in this film was somewhat mysterious (if it had shown before Falcon and the Winter Solider), her introduction in the Disney+ series, I thought, was better, as it explained a little more about her. So, when she approached Yelena, I already had a better idea of what she was trying to do.

It also made me more suspicious of what she wanted John Walker for.
Fares
Fares - 7/10/2021, 6:10 AM
I'm not familiar with Julia Louis-Dreyfus' work much, but it kinda felt like she's just playing herself. I don't know, not really hyped for anything as of yet.
Dabs
Dabs - 7/10/2021, 8:08 AM
@Fares - that’s…actually pretty amazing. No Seinfeld, no Veep…you may be an anamoly
Fares
Fares - 7/10/2021, 8:28 AM
@Dabs - Yeah well it's not really weird for someone like me though. I was a baby when Seinfeld ended and I'm not american so it wasn't in my entourage as I grew up (that was Buffy and Friends mainly). I only heard of Veep when she appeared in FATWS. She popped up in other things enough for me to recognize her, but that was it.
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/10/2021, 1:01 PM
@Dabs - I knew of the actress but never seen an episode of Seinfeld or Veep.
RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 7/10/2021, 6:12 AM
Watched the movie last night, I enjoyed it. ScarJo really got to shine as BW in this one. Yelena was a fun character.
FinnishDude
FinnishDude - 7/10/2021, 6:12 AM
It's of course possible that they edited her scene in Black Widow differently than originally planned or reshot the entire scene, but TFATWS honestly works better as our introduction to the character, since BW's scene kinda plays like we are already supposed to know her.
LSHF
LSHF - 7/10/2021, 6:17 AM
@FinnishDude - What someone from the film stated was that during the Pandemic, they made zero changes to the Black Widow film.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 7/10/2021, 6:34 AM
@FinnishDude - I haven't seen the movie yet, but from what I read I think I do agree with you
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 7/10/2021, 6:33 AM
Kari Skogland, Cate Shortland and Chloé Zhao all acknowledge and appreciate milfs. Thank you.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 7/10/2021, 6:33 AM
Now that Val has recruited another darker version of one of the original Avengers, I'm starting to think she's working on putting the Dark Avengers together and not Thunderbolts.

Kinda hoping she shows up in Shang-Chi next at the tournament to recruit the Abomination, because then we'd have three Avengers substitutes already.
Dannywest
Dannywest - 7/10/2021, 6:47 AM
@bkmeijer - it seems She's trying to mimic the OG Avengers lineup, maybe add Justin hammer as titanium man out of armor wars and swordsman or trickshot as Hawkeye stand in
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 7/10/2021, 7:03 AM
@Dannywest - yeah that was I was thinking as well. Walker, Yelena, Abomination, Hammer, Swordsman and a Thor substitute (Ragnarok maybe, but I don't see when he could be introduced).

If that's not the path they're going down, I can also see Zemo, Ghost and White Vision join the line-up.
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 7/10/2021, 6:35 AM
Val out there recruiting hot blonde assassins, I don't blame her
MasterMix
MasterMix - 7/10/2021, 6:54 AM
I still think Dreyfus is playing it a little too wink wink nudge nudge, but a good after-credits scene regardless.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 7/10/2021, 7:00 AM
Saw it last night, 8/10. I don't think it's top tier MCU but is definitely above the average entry, high mid-tier lets say.

Still, that opening montage with the Smells Like Teenage Spirit cover might be the single most chilling and real MCU opening ever, I was literally glued to the screen from the get-go.
Gizmoduck
Gizmoduck - 7/10/2021, 7:17 AM
@Spidey91 - For me, it's on par with Ant-Man right above Thor 2. It's not bad, just had issues and taskmaster while a B villain gets elevated someways but now tied to BW and swapped out which is a bit disrespectful - but not enough for me to care. I think the main issue is the end of the movie.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 7/10/2021, 7:01 AM
I liked the idea behind Taskmaster and the rather Terminator-esque approach they took, I just needed MORE of that.
OmegaDaGrodd
OmegaDaGrodd - 7/10/2021, 7:12 AM
@Spidey91 - Yep, same here. If nothing else I'd have just liked the fight scenes to be longer.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 7/10/2021, 7:04 AM
And the main villain is nothing really special and at the same time what he does in the movie makes him instantly hateable, this is like the better version of the MCU's "regular dude mad with power" trope because his means to his ends are absolutely despicable and even kinda gross so you really, really want to see the f*cker go down.
Menks123
Menks123 - 7/10/2021, 7:26 AM
Loved the movie and a fun post credit scene.

My only gripe is the ending to Taskmaster. The way the handled her throughout really well imo, very intimidating. I am really hoping someone either takes over or they do more with the character, because 90% of the interactions and scenes she was in was awesome.

I did really like Dreykov. For what he did and continues to all those girls, have his own private army of assassins in the background of all the chaos happening in the world with the Avengers. Both Natasha and Yelena really go into depth about what that Red Room has done, and it worked.

Also, that intro was absolutely haunting and I loved every second of it.
KelvTwelve
KelvTwelve - 7/10/2021, 7:50 AM
@Menks123 - I think the one big thing people are completely missing with Taskmaster is the fact that she's still alive, and probably has a lot more story left for her to be explored in other Marvel media. She's been freed of Drekov's control, but I doubt she even has an inkling of where she wants to go. Who knows, she might become a trainer for mercenaries, just like in the comics?
Menks123
Menks123 - 7/10/2021, 2:16 PM
@KelvTwelve - Yeah 100%!

I want to see more of her, just felt like it ended a little abruptly there at the end. Everything before that was gooooood. The ominous music when she showed up, the extra loud footsteps. Actually low key reminded me of Michael Meyers haha.
demonizer84
demonizer84 - 7/10/2021, 8:07 AM
watched this last night, thought it was ok as a standalone movie, lot of loop holes and plot holes in it, didnt feel like a marvel movie at all or part of the MCU.

i thought taskmasters reveal was horrible but highly predictable, along with the rest of the movie , every so called ''twist'' was obvious from the start.

felt like there was a lot of shoed in parts just to try and tie it into other events or the future of the MCU, it was ok but nothing amazing.

at the end i felt like wow there was a lot going on for a movie that nothing really muhc happened, i was expecting some really awesome action fight scenes, but a lot of it happens off camera or is just explosions and flashy things with it happening off screen, even the final showdown set up made me cringe at one point n make a verbal urgh .

yelena was the biggest takeaway for me, wouldnt mind seeing more of her down the line, but for me this goes into the pot of marvel movies i will watch once but not again.
Juggernaut2021
Juggernaut2021 - 7/11/2021, 9:48 PM
@demonizer84 - agree on the "twist", the second they mentioned the daughter I knew she was Taskmaster very predictable, I don't mind the reimagining of the character, just would have liked to seen more, maybe a scene where she tore apart a whole compound of soldiers single handedly. Kind of like the opening scene of TWS when Cap runs through all the soldiers, but more vicious and ruthless.
Ha1frican
Ha1frican - 7/11/2021, 4:34 AM
It was on the weaker side of Post Credit scenes but still cool, Im hoping that means Yelena shows up in Hawkeye which im pretty sure is what its hinting at
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