Some of you may or may not remember or know that Scarlett Johansson was pregnant while shooting Avengers: Age of Ultron. Thanks to movie magic, you would never be able to tell. But, an image has surfaced from the film that shows us just how pregnant she was while shooting the movie. This photo comes from the the Infinity Box Set:
Scarlett Johansson pregnant in a scene from Age of Ultron (from Infinity Saga Box Set) from r/marvelstudios
So how did they hide the pregnancy while shooting the film? Director Joss Whedon said they didn’t trim any scenes. They just made it work using a mix of three Black Widow stunt doubles, close-up shots, concealing costumes, camera angles, and visual effects.
When talking about shooting the movie in an interview with E!, the actress explained:
“I did as much as I could do and filled in all the blanks later on. … 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.”
Chris Evans went on to say that it was a surreal experience to have so many Black Widow stunt doubles on set:
“It’s always funny. You walk by, ‘Hey, Scarlett—oh, weird. You’re not Scarlett at all. Sorry.’ A lot of fake Scarletts around.”
Well, the creative and production team did a pretty incredible job hiding her pregnancy while shooting because, as you can see, she was very pregnant.