Avengers: Age of Ultron hit theaters last weekend and has been reviewed and criticized several times over.
One of the biggest topics of discussion has been Black Widow’s role in the film, which many feel undermined the strong female depiction of Natasha from the first Avengers and Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
One aspect of the Black Widow criticism comes from her romantic relationship with Bruce Banner. Some feel this storyline reduced Widow to a male character’s love interest and damsel in need of saving.
Mark Ruffalo, the actor who plays Banner in the film, has already praised Whedon’s work and expressed a different view of Bruce and Natasha’s relationship.
Ruffalo said of Whedon during a Reddit AMA, “I don’t think he makes her any weaker, he just brings this idea of love to a superhero, and I think that’s beautiful.”
