Superheroes also want love! The Marvel Cinematic Universe has always valued romantic relationships, even though they sometimes take a back seat to the action. The stars of the franchise have found romance in their real lives, as well as onscreen.
Scarlett JohanssonFor one, married Colin JostIn October 2020, she was already well-established in her role of Black Widow. Although she was able to remain in her role as Black Widow, Saturday Night Live star’s fascination with Marvel would seem like a positive thing, the actress revealed in June 2021 that there was a downside to her husband being a fan of her work.
“He read comics growing up,” Johansson explained on SiriusXM’s “The Jess Cagle Podcast With Julia Cunningham” at the time. “He was a big Wolverine fan. He doesn’t like any spoilers though, so I can’t tell him anything. And he doesn’t even pry. Even if I’m telling him — when we were shooting [Black Widow]Colin was also present in London. He was filming Tom and JerryIt turned out to be a great idea. ‘Cause we were together in the same city for a long time, which is rare. And if I was in the middle of a big action set piece or sequence or whatever, he couldn’t hear. He was just not wanting to hear anything about it — anything about the details. Of course, he wants to know, ‘How was your day?’ but as soon as it would bleed into, ‘Can you read the scene with [me]?’ he was like, ‘Am I going to get any spoilers or like?’ He wanted to know spoiler alert before we read lines together. Can you believe that?”
The Oscar nominee discovered The One in Marvel devotee. However, the franchise does not lack its on-set romances. Tom HollandAnd ZendayaPeter and MJ are respectively the love interests of Peter and MJ. Spider-ManThe film leads to a real-life spark among the costars.
After first being linked in 2017, the pair have repeatedly denied rumors that they were an object. “We are friends,” the Euphoria star told VarietyAt the time. “He’s a great dude. He’s literally one of my best friends. This past how[ever] many months we’ve had to do press tours together. There’s very few people that will understand what that’s like at 20 years old.”
Holland and Zendaya were seen kissing in Zendaya’s car in July 2021, after years of denials.
Scroll down to see the photos of Marvel stars who have been together over the years.
