When Scarlett Johansson made her first appearance as Black Widow in 2010’s Iron Man 2, audiences instantly had a crush on her. Woman wanted to be her while men fantasized about her. And the actress herself appreciated the role. In 2020, Scarlett Johansson she told Vanity Fair that playing the female superhero had been a gift and she had credited the part of Black Widow with giving her a “life of physical acumen she would probably never have had otherwise.”