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  • Black Widow's writer talks about how being a prequel to Infinity War led to the perfect villain. 1 / 8

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  • Dreykov is the villain of Black Widow, a Russian crime boss who controls the Red Room. 2 / 8

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  • Writer Eric Pearson explained the difficulties finding the right villain saying... 3 / 8

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  • "You needed a villain threat that could realistically succeed, but we wouldn’t notice. 4 / 8

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  • "That felt like an appropriate villain threat that also works, as opposed to say, 'I’m going to blow up the moon.'" 5 / 8

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  • "You can’t say that because we’ve seen Infinity War. There’s a moon there. We know that." 6 / 8

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  • With Dreykov torturing young girls, Black Widow was able to effectively introduce a new villain... 7 / 8

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  • While also leading into the events of Avengers: Infinity War. 8 / 8

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