The new mom admits she feels apprehensive about taking the role in Marvel's action movie less than a year after giving birth to her child with Daniel Craig.
- May 7, 2020
AceShowbiz - Rachel Weisz found it "daunting" taking on the physically challenging role of spy Melina Vostokoff in "Black Widow" less than a year after having her daughter.
The 50-year-old stars alongside Scarlett Johansson in the Marvel spin-off, with her character acting as a mother figure for Scarlett's alter ego. But given that filming on the movie began before Rachel's daughter with Daniel Craig turned one, the screen star felt more than a little apprehensive about throwing herself into such a demanding project.
"I think all women would recognise that as daunting," she told Harper's Bazaar U.K. "I didn't have my core, shall we say. It was a good incentive to do some Pilates and dance cardio..."
Rachel is also hoping the film, when it's released in November 2020, will help do more for the on-screen representation of women.
"The Eighties and Nineties were really s**t for women," she sighed. "But I used to watch a lot of black and white movies with my mum - Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Katharine Hepburn, they were very powerful in the narratives. Bette Davis didn't have superpowers but she's powerful as hell."
"I do think it's important for girls growing up to see stories where women are front and centre, and to see a female politician, or a female prime minister. It's about identification, it's seeing possibilities. We need more stories about women. We need more role models!"
As for her own role models, Rachel admitted Wonder Woman is one of her biggest on-screen heroes.
