BLACK WIDOW Star Rachel Weisz Reveals New Intel On Her Widow And Where We Find Her In The Movie - SPOILERS

Black Widow star Rachel Weisz has revealed fresh details about former Widow Melina Vostokoff, including where we find her at the start of the movie and the relationship she has with Natasha and Yelena...

By JoshWilding - Nov 16, 2020 11:11 AM EST

Filed Under: Black Widow

Black Widow looks set to introduce a lot of great new characters to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, though one of the most intriguing is undoubtedly Rachel Weisz's Melina Vostokoff. There are a lot of theories floating around about what sort of role she'll play, with some fans convinced that her villainous comic book history means she's secretly Taskmaster!

Time will tell on that front, but in the Black Widow: The Official Movie Special Book (which is now on sale from Titan Books), the actress opened up about what fans can expect from the character.

"She was trained in the Red Room," Weisz reveals. "I'm a Widow. I was taken away from my parents when I was small and given over to Dreykov, who runs the Red Room. He is the mastermind behind the training that all the Widows go through. I think for some time he's been like a father figure. I'm definitely brainwashed by him. I believe in his cause, and I believe that he means well and is doing good in the world."

"At the start of the film I'm a Russian spy posing as an American mom. I'm pretending that little Natasha and little Yelena are my children and that Alexei is my husband."

That last point certainly explains why we've heard so much about Black Widow having a family dynamic, and the actress would go on to reveal that she enjoyed "[getting] to be this spy who's pretending to be an American mom."

Where do we find her when events move to the present day, though?

"It's been wonderful to be Melina because I get Then you cut to twenty years later, and she's living out on her own, and she's a scientist. She's living in quite a deserted place living with pigs, which is quite something. I've never acted with pigs before. They're absolutely adorable, big, furry pigs. So my character does go through a lot of twists and turns. There's never been a dull moment."

Melina is definitely going to be someone to keep an eye on, and that loyalty to Dreykov no doubt means she's a character Natasha should be wary of in Black Widow, don't you think?

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Not too long, The Direct claimed that Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige is interested in signing Reynolds to the "biggest" deal in the history of this shared comic book world.

It's assumed that means the actor will be signed up to star in more Marvel Studios films than any other actor, an indication, perhaps, that there are indeed huge plans for Deadpool in future despite no official word on the matter from Kevin Feige, but this is a rumour it's best to take with a pinch of salt.

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A representative for the studio issued an expected, albeit interesting response to these rumours: "Those rumored castings are not confirmed." It sounds like the studio is being careful not to outright deny anything, but why even respond to an admittedly far-fetched rumour if there's not so much as a grain of truth to it? After all, that response most definitely isn't an outright "no."

If this pans out, Spider-Man 3 will quite easily be one of the biggest MCU movies of all-time.

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According to a casting call that went out, Marvel Studios is looking for a character who is, "deaf, Native American, First Nations, Indigenous and/or Latinx, independent, athletic and bright."

That definitely sounds like Echo.

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Those would help deepen the relationship between Bruce and his cousin Jennifer Walters, especially if he's going to end up giving her a blood transfusion in order to save the lawyer's life.

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It's said that Marvel Studios is in the process of casting an actress to play the villain, and this presumably means Agent Carter isn't considered canon seeing as Whitney Frost also appeared there.

It's worth noting that Madame Masque has clashed with both Clint Barton and Kate Bishop in the comic books, and Kate's father has even been one of her clients. How all this will factor into Hawkeye itself remains to be seen, but this is definitely an interesting rumour, and one that points to the Disney+ series taking a deep dive into the source material to deliver a lot of big surprises.

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25 Comments

bkmeijer2 - 11/16/2020, 11:46 AM

These comments make me think we're gonna see some de-age tech used again. Definitely looking forward to see Weisz, no matter what role she is playing really

MrCamw1 - 11/16/2020, 11:49 AM

@bkmeijer - she wouldn't. Red much of it. She's still as gorgeous as she was x amou t of years ago.

GhostDog - 11/16/2020, 11:56 AM

They finna spoil this whole thing

MyCoolYoung - 11/16/2020, 11:58 AM

@BlackBeltJones - facts. Each week we’ll get something new until we can put everyone’s interviews together like a puzzle

MyCoolYoung - 11/16/2020, 11:57 AM

I really hope Black Widow isn’t a run of the mill spy type. There’s some great talent on this cast and I hope they send Scarlett off with a bang

WeaponXCII - 11/16/2020, 12:24 PM

By the sound of things, we should really be looking forward to some great character interactions in this.

But, yeah, I'm also just hoping Marvel is able to hold of for the next few months so things aren't spoiled too much.

WakandaTech - 11/16/2020, 1:03 PM

The MCU possible 2023 slate ?

Blade
Guadians of the Galaxy vol 3
Antman 3
Fantastic Four

Disney+
Thunderbolts
Doctor Doom
Young Avengers
Ghost Rider

marvel72 - 11/16/2020, 1:53 PM

Please don't be Taskmaster.

Kadara - 11/16/2020, 1:55 PM

@marvel72 - Leslie Knope is tight ☺️

marvel72 - 11/16/2020, 2:02 PM

We shouldn't worry about spoilers....

By the time we actually get to see the movie we would have forgotten them.

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