Hollywood icon Scarlett Johansson has had a streak of life-changing movies in her career. One of the most iconic ones is undoubtedly her role as the Black Widow in Marvel movies. Dating back from her first appearance as Natasha Romanoff in Iron Man 2, Johansson has gained a lot of appraisal from the audience for her representation of this iconic superhero. The conclusion of which was the 2021 Black Widow movie which along with immense love from viewers, resulted in a $379 million box office collection in.
In a historic move, it also earned her the credit as an executive producer for the movie, making her the first of the all-star Marvel cast to ever do so.
However, that was not the only thing the movie gave her. Speaking in an interview Johansson explained that while shooting for Black Widow, she learned something about herself that changed her outlook on life completely.
The Jojo Rabbit star said in an episode of The Skinny Confidential Him and Her, how much she used to love working out. Apparently, her favorite was weight lifting, as she said, "I did weight lifting for a long time. That was my thing. I liked lifting heavy and low reps." As a matter of fact, her 2019 Avengers: Endgame training routine consisted of 6 AM workouts with psychometrics and heavy-weight training such as 245-pound deadlifts and even push-ups with weight plates on her back.
Apart from that, she used to do intense cardio sessions like battle rope drills and sprinting. According to her, keeping in shape and working out excess energy really go a long way to improving her general well-being. She mentioned in that podcast that she thinks her, "go-to thing is that I try to do physical exercise whenever I can in the week because it helps my whole mental well-being," and those sessions are what she considers her "me time" as busy as she is with schedules and two kids at home.
However, according to her, this routine changed since her last Marvel movie Black Widow. She realized that starting from then on she will have to go with something that is a little gentler on the body than the high-intensity fitness routine she has maintained all these years.
And that something turns out to be Pilates.
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