Robert Downey Jr. Says ScarJo Needs a Break from 'Black Widow'

Many fans have been wondering when Scarlett
Johansson's The Black Widow will get her own
stand-alone movie, after starring in Iron Man 2,
Marvel's The Avengers, Captain America: The
Winter Soldier and next year's Avengers: Age of
Ultron. Game of Thrones director Neil Marshall
even revealed last week that he's interested in
directing the movie, but we have no clue how
far along Marvel is in developing Black Widow.
The actress' co-star Robert Downey Jr. chimed
in with his thoughts on the topic during a recent
interview, where he says the actress deserves a
break before starting a new movie, especially
since she's about to have her first child.
"Doesn't Scarlett deserve a break? Look, I think
that the interesting thing particularly after
Guardians (of the Galaxy) with Zoe (Saldana) ,
(or) even from the first Iron Man where Pepper
was kind of this really - to me the Iron Man
franchise would never have taken off without
(Gwyneth) Paltrow. There's something about
her that grounded the story. She's not your
typical lady in a superhero movie, and then by
Iron Man 3 she's swallowing serums and
putting on suits and kicking (butt) and all that
stuff. It would be kind of more appropriate for a
character that already was like a Black Widow
(to lead a movie). It just seems like whatever
Scarlett does people want to go see it."
The actor added that his other castmates in
Avengers: Age of Ultron , Jeremy Renner
(Hawkeye) and ( Mark Ruffalo ), certainly deserve
their own franchises.
"The funny thing is honestly at this point
everyone deserves a franchise. I think Jeremy
Renner is - when folks see the Avengers: Age of
Ultron he's just a rockstar, a bada-. And Ruffalo
is pumped. He does great (work). I'd like to
hear them talk even more seriously about a Hulk
franchise, because that's been one of the
toughest ones to get right. But I'm sure that my
parent company is feeling expansive and and
bold after the summer they've had."
The Black Widow comes to theaters in 2018 and
stars Scarlett Johansson . The film is directed
by David Hayter.