One of the Avengers’ most quirky superheroes coaxed Scarlett Johansson to join the Marvel Universe.

The actress revealed how knew she was inspired to join the comic-inspired film saga after seeing Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man back in 2008, during a new interview with Vanity Fair.

‘I just loved it. I’d never really seen anything like it before.

Super-heroine in waiting: Scarlett Johansson said she knew she wanted to join the Marvel Universe after seeing Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man in 2008

‘It was not particularly that I was a fan of superhero stuff, or that genre, but it seemed groundbreaking,’ the 35-year-old said.

‘I wanted to work with Marvel. It seemed like an exciting place to be.’

The actress met director Jon Favreau when he was casting Black Widow for Iron Man 2. But to Scarlett’s disappointment he chose Emily Blunt instead.

‘And then that was it. You, know, life went on. I mean, I’ve certainly had enough experience of rejection.’

Her inspiration: ‘I just loved it,’ the 35-year-old gushed after seeing Iron Man. ‘I’d never really seen anything like it before’

But Emily had to pull out due to a scheduling conflict and the part went to Scarlett.

‘I’m not one to hold a grudge or anything,’ she said. ‘I was super excited about it.

‘And I met with Jon again, and we had a funny conversation about how he had not cast me. But I was excited. I was so stoked.’

Weaving her web: The part of the Black Widow originally went to Emily Blunt but she had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts, leaving Scarlett ‘stoked’ to step in to the roll

Now Scarlett, who is engaged to SNL’s Colin Jost and shares daughter Rosie, five, with second husband Romain Dauriac, has just wrapped the first standalone Black Widow movie, which she hopes will ‘elevate the genre.’

‘I mean I hope that it can be both explosive and dynamic and have all that great fun stuff that goes with the genre.

‘But I hope that we can also talk about, you know, self-doubt and insecurity and shame and disappointment and regret and all that stuff too.

‘It has many different things, it’s not just that. But there’s a lot of deep stuff, I think, that drives it.’  Black Widow is due out on May 1.

Changing style: Now the star has just wrapped filming on the first standalone Black Widow movie, which she hopes will ‘elevate the genre.’ It’s due out on May 1

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