I wanted to make Yelena as odd and strange as possible
Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova is a sister-figure to Scarlett Johansson's Natasha Romanoff. Her performance has been singled out by many critics as the highlight of the movie.Florence Pugh forays into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Black Widow. She dons the role of Yelena Belova, a sister figure to Scarlett Johansson's Natasha Romanoff. Her performance has been singled out by many critics as the highlight of the movie.
While both Natasha and Yelena are 'Black Widows' or women trained since a young age to be ruthless assassins and a tool of the Russian state, Pugh's character could not escape the network of Red Room like Natasha did (by defecting to S.H.I.E.L.D). She added that the potential of making something new was the reason she enjoyed playing the role. She lauded Cate for allowing her to "think freely, to create this character and to make her as weird as I wanted her to.""I really wanted Yelena to be odd and strange and have weird timing and to fight awesomely," Pugh said. Black Widow releases on September 3 on Disney Plus Hotstar.
