BLACK WIDOW Star Florence Pugh On Why She Found The Prospect Of Joining The MCU "Daunting"

BLACK WIDOW Star Florence Pugh On Why She Found The Prospect Of Joining The MCU "Daunting"

Florence Pugh will make her MCU debut as Yelena Belova in Black Widow, and the Academy Award-nominated actress has now admitted that she found the prospect of joining the long-running franchise daunting.

By MarkCassidy - May 08, 2020 07:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Black Widow

Though relatively new to mainstream Hollywood, Florence Pugh already has a few high-profile roles in her resume (she was recently nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Little Women), but that doesn't mean she's immune to a dose of big franchise jitters.

While speaking to Elle, Pugh admitted to feeling a bit apprehensive about signing on to play the second lead in Marvel's Black Widow.

“When you think of Marvel, it’s big and daunting,” Pugh told the mag. “Especially being a relatively small actor to look at it and go “oh, I’m going to be a part of this,” that’s a big decision.”

The British actress also said she was concerned that her character's Russian accent wouldn't sound convincing enough when the first footage of the movie was unveiled at SDCC.

“I was scared because my Russian accent was going to be out there and I didn’t know what it sounded like. I’m also playing a character who no one’s seen before but they’ve read about her. I didn’t know whether people were going to hate me.”

The fan-reaction to what we've seen of Pugh's take on Yelena Belova has been very positive, so she needn't have worried!

There's speculation that Yelena will ultimately take up the mantle of Black Widow and replace Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) as a member of The Avengers. There is some comic book precedent for this, of course, but in the source material Belova also goes on to work with S.H.I.E.L.D., Vanguard and HYDRA, so it remains to be seen how things play out in this film.

Black Widow is currently scheduled to hit theaters on November 6.

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regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 5/8/2020, 7:19 AM
“I was scared because my Russian accent was going to be out there and I didn’t know what it sounded like.”



In all seriousness Florence will make a great addition to the MCU. They’ll drop her accent after the first movie, too.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/8/2020, 7:22 AM
@regularmovieguy - Russian accents are so overdone, I don't care anymore if they're "bad"

Its that one accent that's so up in the air and can come across so hammy.

However, nothing will EVER BE AS BAD as Keanu trying to do British in Stroker's Dracula

GhostDog
GhostDog - 5/8/2020, 7:23 AM
She so fine, she could bungle the accent the whole movie and I could care less lol
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 5/8/2020, 7:26 AM
@TheJustinHammer -

LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 5/8/2020, 7:25 AM
"I didn’t know whether people were going to hate me.”

The thought of people hating Florence Pugh...

JustALurker
JustALurker - 5/8/2020, 8:46 PM
@LongMayHeReign - you can never know, one day the whole internet loves brie Larson when announced as Captain Marvel and in the next day the entirety of Reddit turns against her....same with Elon musk recently. The internet is a cruel unpredictable creature.
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 5/8/2020, 9:10 PM
@JustALurker - The internet breeds off hate, they would rather tear down a good person and watch them burn than uplift them when they do for others. That's why I say [frick] em!
WakandanQueen
WakandanQueen - 5/8/2020, 7:27 AM
One of the finest actors working today. I'm so glad Sarah Finn rushed in and got her before the competition. I think she'll be a great successor of Johansson's Nat.
Marvelouspoorg
Marvelouspoorg - 5/8/2020, 7:29 AM
One of the best young female actresses today. I can't wait to see what they do with her character.
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 5/8/2020, 7:34 AM
@SaoriseRonan - Speaking of one of the best young actresses today, have you received a call from Sarah Finn yet Saorise?
Marvelouspoorg
Marvelouspoorg - 5/8/2020, 7:39 AM
@LongMayHeReign -
LongMayHeReign
LongMayHeReign - 5/8/2020, 7:43 AM
@SaoriseRonan -

Marvelouspoorg
Marvelouspoorg - 5/8/2020, 7:48 AM
@TheJustinHammer - What are you implying?
Marvelouspoorg
Marvelouspoorg - 5/8/2020, 8:03 AM
@TheJustinHammer -
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