Scarlett Johansson Admits 2012 'Avengers' Felt Like A Mess

Roughly 13 years since it's release, Scarlett Johansson has finally shared her true thoughts on "The Avengers." 

Marvel Studios truly hit a home run at the box office with "The Avengers." The 2012 blockbuster grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide. That gave Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios' top decision-makers confidence to continue expanding their universe. 

To this day, "The Avengers" is considered one of the top superhero moves of all time. That being said, Johansson wasn't so sure it'd be a huge success. 

During an interview with Vanity Fair, the iconic actress who is best known for playing the role of Black Widow admit that shooting "The Avengers" felt messy at times. 

"When we made the first Avengers, none of us knew what the potential would be," Johansson told Vanity Fair. "Iron Man was massively successful. It was huge; it built the studio of Marvel. And then Iron Man 2 was also very successful. There was Thor, and that character felt like it was from a completely different universe. It was such a different tone [from] the Iron Man movies. And then, of course, the Captain America movie had its whole own identity as well. And then when you added the characters all together, plus Hulk and Hawkeye, it just felt like a big mess, to be honest. 

"Even on the set, it felt crazy, because we all looked insane. It was like, 'What are we doing?'"

It wasn't until the team-up shot in the Battle of New York sequence was filmed that Johansson felt like "The Avengers" could genuinely work. 

"The big scene where you see the 360 of all the characters together, that was the moment where all of us were like, 'I think this is maybe gonna work,'" Johansson said. "It felt powerful."  

There's no question that it worked. 

"Avengers: Endgame" and "Avengers: Infinity War" both grossed over $2 billion each for Marvel Studios in large part because of how impactful "The Avengers" was in 2012.