Florence Pugh has admitted she was 'scared' of doing a Russian accent for her role in Black Widow. In April, a slat...
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Florence Pugh has admitted she was 'scared' of doing a Russian accent for her role in Black Widow.
In April, a slate of Marvel projects got new release dates brought about by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic including Black Widow.
The standalone film was originally set to be released on May 1, but has now been moved to November 6.
The actress, 24, revealed her misgivings while talking with ELLE UK on Wednesday about her role as Yelena Belova in the forthcoming Marvel flick, a sister figure to Scarlett Johansson's Natasha Romanoff.
Saying it was 'daunting' to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Little Women star explained: "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!"
While she said of being part of the superhero juggernaut: "When you think of Marvel, it's big and daunting."
"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."
Florence also shared her delight at finding Scarlett felt as nervous as she did during the Black Widow announcement at San Diego Comic Con last year.
"Scarlett gave me her hand and we squeezed each other, and she also had clammy hands!" she said. "And then I was like, 'Oh, this never gets old. This is just as powerful [for you] and you're their legend!'"
The film, directed by Cate Shortland, also stars Rachel Weisz as Melina Vostokoff, an experienced spy trainer who serves as a mother-figure to Natasha.
