Fans continue to celebrate her for her Disney fight

Opinion is divided as to whether Scarlett Johansson’s entry into the Marvel Universe was the high or low of her glorious Hollywood career to date. In any case, with her Avengers role as Black Widow, she became one of THE faces of the comic giant in the cinema and a real driving force for Marvel license holder Disney.

But the actress also heroically took on the media group when it decided during the Corona period, allegedly due to economic hardship (cinemas were partially closed or only accessible with hurdles), to stream her solo film “Black Widow” primarily via Disney +.

Johansson sued Disney because her contract said it was different, and was later rewarded with a settlement that yielded $40 million in compensation, on top of the $20 million she had previously agreed to fee had received. She is said to have asked for a sum of around $100 million.

Not a bad deal, but the real win is a prestigious win that is still paying off for the 38-year-old today.

Scarlett Johansson got a lot of encouragement from strangers

“I couldn’t even walk through a restaurant without someone saying, ‘This is good for you. Stand up for yourself,'” Johansson said “Variety”. “I quickly understood that it had a greater impact. I got support from strangers who have nothing to do with the cause at all.”

Disney softly countered the legal attack by one of its biggest stars at the time, condemning the lawsuit as “a callous disregard for the horrific and prolonged global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.” For Johansson, however, the legal battles have also been agony, she told Variety . She was pregnant with her second child at the time.

After two months of bitter litigation, which finally ended with the settlement mentioned, the waves calmed down. It’s still business, and since then both parties have been reconciled. Scarlett Johansson starred in the film adaptation of Tower of Terror (the film adaptation of a Disneyland attraction).