Scarlett Johansson had played Black Widow, a.k.a. Natasha Romanoff, in three Marvel movies by the time Joss Whedon reassembled the cast for Avengers: Age of Ultron, in theaters May 1. What might’ve once seemed familiar, however, proved to be the exact opposite when Johansson learned that she was pregnant with a daughter, Rose Dorothy Dauriac. E! News reporter/producer Will Marfuggi talked to the film’s cast over the weekend, where the actress and Mark Ruffalo opened up about how Johansson’s pregnancy affected production.
Johansson said, “I did as much as I could do and filled in all the blanks later on.” When she was unable to film a particular scene, one of three stand-ins would wear dotted maps on their faces. The dot maps guided visual-effects artists who would later graft Johansson’s face onto their bodies in post-production.
Johansonn added, “I have a really amazing, amazing stunt team around me. My stunt double, Heidi Moneymaker—and that’s her real name—is really incredible, and this time took a lot of the punches for me, literally, This is like our fourth or fifth movie together, so we kind of have a seamless thing between us.”