Black Widow: Rachel Weisz on starring in the new female-led film from the Marvel stable 

Black Widow looks set to be one of the summer's big blockbusters. Two of its stars talk about their roles in the MCU 
Black Widow: Rachel Weisz on starring in the new female-led film from the Marvel stable 

Rachel Weisz in Black Widow. 

Rachel Weisz - one of the stars of Black Widow -  never expected to be in a Marvel movie. The 51-year-old actress, who became a household name with blockbuster The Mummy, won an Oscar for her role in The Constant Gardener and has since starred in a string of acclaimed films, including The Favourite, The Lobster and About A Boy, but being asked to star in a superhero movie never crossed her mind.

Yet here she is, donning black leather in Black Widow, the long-awaited standalone film for Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff.

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