Is there anything more uncomfortable than a family dinner?
Even the most loving, supportive households can occasionally turn awkward when sitting down together at the kitchen table.
“The tone comes from the character,” Shortland explains.

Rachel Weisz, Scarlett Johansson, and Florence Pugh in ‘Black Widow’.Jay Maidment/Marvel Studios
We start the film where she’s kind of afraid.
She doesn’t know how to be an individual.
By the end, they’re this beautiful, formidable team or community or family."
Let’s let these people really live in that way.'
So it’s very smart and it’s very special."
“We loved those pigs,” the director says with a laugh.
“We loved them like they’re our own family.”
“It was extraordinary,” Weisz added.
“They upstaged us quite often, didn’t they?”
Black Widowis now playing in theaters and via Disney+ premier access.
Watch the fullAround the Tableepisode above.