Scarlett Johansson recently spilled the beans on how she managed to play the role of Black Widow in the upcoming action flick , "Avengers: Age of Ultron," while being heavily pregnant at the same time.
Although the 30-year-old actress is quite well versed with Marvel movies and its demands, the filming of the latest flick was not an easy task. The actress was reportedly pregnant at the time of the film's production. She later gave birth to a baby daughter, Romain Dauriac, in September 2014 while the movie's filming has happened till August last year.
"I don't think you're allowed to ride a motorcycle when you're so pregnant, but I did," gushed the "Match Point" star at a press conference held at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California on Saturday, People reported. "I did all of the motorcycle riding."
The actress also gave credit to her stand-ins and body doubles to help her in completing the project. The star admitted that her body double, Heidi Moneymaker, who has done almost five films with her, shot most of her action filled scenes this time as the star was unable to accomplish due to her bulging baby bump.
The movie is a sequel to Marvel's "The Avengers." It was anounced in May 2012 while the casting begn in June 2013. Johannson was signed in to reprise her role as Black Widow aka Natasha Romanoff, which she had played successfully in "Iron Man-2," "The Avengers" and "Captain America:The Winter Soldier."
The major portion of the movie was shot between March and August 2014. The filming and post-production has been done cleverly enough so as to camouflage the baby bump of the actress and make her look like a merciless superhero.
"I did as much as I could do and filled in all the blanks later on," explained Johannson to E! News by recalling that the actual shot used to be taken by one of three stand-ins wearing dotted maps on their faces. These dot-maps helped the visual effect artists to graft the actress' face later on their bodies during the post production.