Director Francis Lawrence has responded to comments that his new movie, Red Sparrow, is in some way indebted to Marvel’s Black Widow. The Jennifer Lawrence-starring thriller about a ballet-dancer-turned-assassin has earned a lot of attention thanks to its star power in front of and behind the camera, as well as some eye-catching trailers.
Although what’s dominated the discussion has been comparisons to Black Widow; Natasha Romanoff (played by Scarlett Johansson in the MCU) and Lawrence’s Dominika Egorova share similar brain-washing backstories and a general ambiguity to their allegiances and motives. Now, the director has responded.
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