We all expected Sadie Sink to show up in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but nobody knew that Black Widow, Yelena Belova, would also make a special appearance. However, Florence Pugh had one of the best moments in the movie, in a sauna and as part of the New Avengers. Yes, I have a hard time getting used to it too, but we’ve seen stranger things in the comics.
Showing off a little
Obviously, Pugh is grateful to be in one of the three highest-grossing movies in history, since she missed Avengers: Endgame, and she admits all the credit goes to Tom Holland. “All of this happened thanks to Tom. Years ago, when my relationship with Marvel was just beginning and Black Widow came out, Yelena wasn’t as big yet, obviously, as the other superheroes”, she said.
“On the red carpet for his previous movie, when someone asked him ‘Who do you want to be with in the next movie?’ would answer ‘Actually, I want to work with Florence Pugh, who plays Yelena’. Thanks to that, the fans got really excited about the idea”. It’s gone over so well that many are already asking for the crossover to happen again in Avengers: Doomsday, the new Spider-Man movie, or wherever it fits. So yeah, Pugh’s going to have the job security of a Marvel civil servant.
Pugh will be one of the few (very few) people who’ll be back on December 18 in the two biggest movies of the month, and maybe even the year: Avengers: Doomsday and Dune 3. The only other person who could do it is Zendaya, but there’s still no confirmation that she’ll appear in the Marvel film. For now, the actress has everything going for her to become the highest-grossing actress of 2026, I hope she treats Tom to a nice sauna session to thank him!
