Scarlett Johansson says ‘Batman II’ role was ‘hard to crack’

Although Scarlett Johansson is no stranger to big-budget superhero films, she found herself in uncharted territory when moving from Marvel to DC.

The two-time Oscar nominee admitted she had “a lot of existential angst” while filming The Batman: Part 2which she explained was “hard to understand” as she joined the cast of Matt Reeves’ sequel.

“It gave me a lot of existential angst, for some reason,” Johansson told Entertainment Tonight. “It was very difficult to understand. I don’t know why, if it was just the role or if it was just where I am in my life, but it was just difficult to understand. That’s all I can say about it. It was a difficult role in many ways.”

In May, Johansson joined the cast of Reeves’ sequel The Batman (2022), in which she would play Gilda Dent, the wife of Gotham District Attorney Harvey Dent (Sebastian Stan).

James Gunn previously revealed last July that the script for The Batman: Part 2 was completed, after several delays. In August, a letter to Warner Bros. shareholders. Discovery revealed that filming on the sequel will begin in the spring, with the release date recently pushed back to February 18, 2028.

In May, Reeves shared some test photos of Pattinson in the Bat costume as they transformed the Warner Bros. Studios. Leavesden in the United Kingdom in Gotham City.