Engxoxweni yakamuva, umagazini uVansity Fair Scarlett Johansson uthe le filimu ethi "Iron Man" (2008), okwaqala ekuqaleni kwendawo yonke yamafilimu ama-Milvel, ngakho-ke kwahlabeka umxhwele ukuthi kamuva wasamukela isiphakamiso sokudlala umfelokazi omnyama.
Umlingisi wabe naye ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi wayengeyena fan of Superhero paintings, kepha ifilimu noRobert Downey Jr. yamsunduza ukuba acabange kabusha isimo sakhe sengqondo kulo hlobo:
Ngiyithandile ngempela le movie. Ngaphambi kwalapho, anginakho lutho olufana nalokho. Ukuze ngivume, angizange ngibe yi-amateur yazo zonke lezi zindaba ze-superhero kanye nalolu hlobo, kodwa indoda yensimbi yabonakala kimi. Ngakho-ke ngaba nesifiso sokusebenza nangesimanga. Bengicabanga ukuthi kuyiprojekthi enhle kakhulu.
Kodwa-ke, uJohansson akazange akwazi ukukwazi ukuthola indima efiselekayo. Ekuqaleni, umfelokazi omnyama, ovela kuqala e-Iron Man 2 (2010), bekufanele akhiphe ngokufiphala kuka-Emily, kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi waphoqeleka ukuthi wenqabe ukubamba iqhaza kwifilimu. Ngokusho komlingisi, wayenganamahloni ngokuthi wayeyindlela yokusekela emuva kuphela, ngoba ukuhlanganyela emfisweni emangalisa kwakuseyintokozo enkulu kuye.
Khumbula ukuthi ngonyaka olandelayo umfelokazi omnyama uzothola ifilimu yalo yokuqala yedwa. UJohansson unethemba lokuthi isithombe sakhe esisha sizokwazi ukujabulisa abalandeli bazo zombili izigcawu ezikhanyayo nokungena ekungeneni okujulile kwi-psychology ye-heroine yakhe. E-Russia, i-premiere yomfelokazi "omnyama" izoba ngo-Ephreli 30, 2020.