Warning: Spoilers fromBlack Widoware discussed in this article.
Black Widowscreenwriter Eric Pearson is no stranger to crafting stories for the Marvel Universe.
Having worked onThor: RagnarokandAgent Carter, Pearson brought years of experience to the writing table inBlack Widow.

Florence Pugh in Black Widow.Marvel Studios
But even that didn’t convince Marvel to trust him with their deepest secrets.
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“I was like, ‘What does that mean?’
They were like, ‘Don’t worry about it.
You don’t have to know that,'” Pearson toldTHR.
“I was like, ‘Who am I screwing over?
Something is going on!
I don’t have an answer for this.’
They were like, ‘You don’t need to.
We are going to figure that out.’
I remember writing it and feeling super guilty.
But until now, exactly how the character was fitting into the show was a mystery.
Thanks toBlack Widow’s end credit scene, we now have an answer to that.
“I was told, and I couldn’t get to my computer fast enough,” he said.
I wrote a few drafts of it.
Obviously, just a huge fan.”
Black Widowis currently playing in theaters and streaming on Disney+ as a paid Premier Access release.