Black Widow director explains ending 'plot hole'

Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh in Black Widow
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It may have been a long time coming, but 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Black Widow brought the curtain down on Scarlett Johansson’s time in the MCU in scintilla𝔍ting fashion.

The standalone adventure may have signed off on a high, though some are questioning a specifi🍬c scene in Black Wဣidow’s final act – or lack thereof.

Now, director Cate Shortland has clued everyone in on a possible ‘missing’ scene from the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Black Widow ending, and why th🌳e ‘plot hole’ was a deliberate ch🥂oice rather than an oversight.

Spoilers for Black Widow follow. You have been warned!

By Black Widow’s end, the Red Room has (quite literally) been brought crashing down to Earth and Nat is set to stall the incoming General Ross while 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Red Guardian, Melina, and Yelena al💫l escape. Then, a cut to black and a two-week time jump.

But what happened next? And how did Nat get clear of SHIELD custody after Ross had spent so long tracking her down after breaking the Sokovia Accords post-澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Captain America: Civil War?  

It's an odd moment that has caused confusion on social media. One fan summed up the feeling of a section of the fanbase when they said they "would very much like to know how Nat got away from Ross at the e🌌nd." The (frustrating) answer? There isn't one: It’s not clear, and it’s not meant to be.

Speaking to , Shortland explained: "That was intentional, because🔯 we wanted to leave thᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚe question of how she would get away, rather than allow the audience to get exhausted by another fight."

"We wanted to leave you guys on a high with the question ♌of how did she use her ingenuity? Because she did. And it was probably, I would say, she bargained her way out of that situation. But I don’t know [how]," she admitted.

We do know what happens after that, however. Two weeks later, a newly-blonde Natasha finds O-T Fagbenle’s Rick Mason has procured her a jet to help free some of her fellow Avengers from prison – a scene which neatly sets up 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Avengers: Infinity War.

Following on from that, the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Black Widow post-credits scene saw Julia Louis-Dreyfus' 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Conte🏅ssa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine make a return, this time instructing Florence Pugh’s Yelena to take down Hawkeye. We’re likely to see where that leads next when Hawkeye fires its way onto Disney Plus later this year.

For more on the MCU’s future, check out our complete guide to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Marvel Phase 4.

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