Here's Why Scarlett Johansson Went Along With Nazi Uniform But Rebelled Against Wearing Tennis Whites
The actress initially hated both ideas, but in the end, Scarlett wore the Nazi costume — and completely rejected the idea of putting on a tennis outfit. Isn't that weird?
Scarlett Johansson 's career saw her wearing multiple different outfits: from the Black Widow's revealing black tighty in Avengers to a mid-century German housewife's apparel, she looked good in every single one of them.
But as opposed to the latter option, the actress had to wear a Nazi uniform for the movie, and this didn't make her happy.
Starring in Frank Miller's neo-noir movie The Spirit was like a dream come true for Scarlett Johansson: as a huge fan of Miller, she was excited about working with the famous writer.
Still, one thing was seriously bugging the actress — for her role, she had to put on a Nazi costume. As a person of the Jewish descent, this made her rather uncomfortable.
"Of course, I felt squeamish, yeah. When I first put it on, it was like, you never think you're going to wear a swastika armband.
I mean, the costume — it was very bizarre to put it on at first. Eventually, it was like, 'Oh, my grandfather's rolling over in his grave right now,'" joked Scarlett in one of her interviews about The Spirit.
Despite the understandably mixed feelings on the matter, the actress still wore the uniform in the end for the movie's sake.
This only makes her decision to completely rebel against putting on tennis whites in Captain America: The Winter Soldier appear questionable — but Johansson compared these two cases and explained her reasons.
"[Natasha Romanoff] first drives up in this beautiful car and picks up Cap, and initially, in the script, it was like, she arrives in her tennis whites, with a blonde wig," recalls the actress.
The idea, however, was quickly "killed off" thanks to her decisive argument against it: Scarlett pretty much refused to put the attire on.
According to Scarlett Johansson, there's a huge difference between these two situations.
While wearing a Nazi uniform was detrimental for her character in The Spirit, the only goal of the tennis attire in Captain America: The Winter Soldier was to sexualize Romanoff.
Since the outfit brought no deeper meaning, the actress refused to wear it — and she would've done the same in The Spirit if the Nazi costume made no sense there.
Source: Dark Horizons, Fatherly