Scarlett Johansson: Meet the stunt double who shoots the actress's most dangerous scenes
In an interview, Scarlett Johansson's stunt double told what it was like to work with the actress.
The tremendous character that Scarlett Johansson has had to play for Black Widow has not only been her talent, there is also a character who has always been behind her, doing dangerous stunts for her so that the actress does not suffer any accidents. It's about her stunt double Heidi Moneymaker.
Heidi worked alongside the Hollywood star for over 9 years as his Marvel character double, but before that she has an impressive resume, she has worked on the stunt game with Joss Whedon's Angel, Fast and Furious, Suck Punch from Zack Snyder, on the television series NCIS: Los Angeles and started alongside Johansson in Iron Man 2, to this day. She's been the stunt Black Widow for seven Marvel titles, and she'll do it again in the famous character's movie.
Moneymaker recounted in an interview for Looper, how she was that she got to work on the Infinity saga: "That started as a lucky draw," she said. "Tom Harper, really amazing [stunt] coordinator, brought me into Iron Man 2 and basically [Johansson] selected between me and Bridgett Riley, another very good stuntman, and Scarlett chose me."
We have been able to see Moneymaker's skills on great occasions, like in that fight in the hallway when he was Black Widow, and these abilities were the cause of the following call to work with Marvel: “So, I think the next was the first Avengers, And it was like the coordinator thought, 'Well, well, who doubled it last? Great '", and from then on he started to go where the actress was going:" It started less about me and Scarlett having that relationship of her taking me and more like me always being there. "
The work between the two of them solidified, perfected, and then she began to appear alongside Scarlett in many of her films. "[For] Winter Soldier, I think she said, 'You know what? We work very well together. I really think we should work together in everything we do. ' I said, 'Yes, of course. Call me. If I'm available, I'm there for you, '"Moneymaker said, making it clear that a respectful attitude towards Scarlett always prevailed:" Most of the people I work with, we get along very well, but I try to keep it a little more professional, but some people you end up bonding with, especially after being with Scarlett for 11 years. We did Infinity War and Endgame, and that was more than a year of direct filming, and we're in different countries and you're going through different things in life, so you end up joining in that kind of thing. "
Stuntman work is not just about physical abilities, it also requires a great deal of mimicry to portray the actor as closely as possible. For Moneymaker that has been the most complex: “I remember in Iron Man [2] doing that fight scene that we did with all the guards and everything,” he continued, “At the end of that fight scene, Black Widow walks down the hall and someone shows up and she just sprinkles them with ... mace? I forget it. Anyway, when we were filming the preview for that, she was marching. the room super fast like Linda Hamilton [from] Terminator 2 and she sprayed the guy and got out. I was watching the preview with Scarlett and she was like, 'Hey, do you think I walk like this?' It was like one of those first times I said, 'Oh yeah, I have to make sure, even in the preview, make sure that I'm trying to imitate her as much as possible. ' I've spent a decade trying to learn to be sexy like Scarlett Johansson. "
Not knowing what would happen to Black Widow was worrying for Moneymaker, he didn't know if what he was filming would be the last scene of the character or what would happen: “I went into the video store in town and I talked to Scarlett and I said: 'Hey, will you be doing more of these Black Widow? movies? 'She says, "I don't know." I wonder, "I just wonder, am I about to go out and do my last stunt as Black Widow?" She says, "Maybe?" It wasn't even a great trick. I was jumping about 16 or 17 feet off the platform and I liked to roll and crash, but… we both knew, 'Oh, this might be Black Widow's latest trick, and it might not be', but either way, it was super emotional. for both. We even had like behind the scenes camera and stuff, and video. We hugged each other, we cried and we are girls ”.
However, there is still a last sample of Black Widow and that could not be released in May of this year but that changed its date to November 6 because of Covid-19 worldwide. We will have to wait a little longer to be able to see these two women back in action, something that apparently promises to be very good, so Moneymaker let him see who said: "I can" I will not tell you anything, but I can tell you that it is incredible ”.
