--- title: SNL: Scarlett Johansson Mocks Marvel's Avengers description: Scarlett Johansson hosted SNL's May 2 episode, starring in a fake trailer that satirized Marvel's lack of female superheroes. canonical: https://time.com/3844733/scarlett-johansson-snl/ author: Jack Linshi article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-03T20:56:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:04:12.803Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch Scarlett Johansson Satirize Marvel's Lack of Female Superheroes og:description: May 2 episode also features a parody of Baltimore riots coverage og:url: https://time.com/3844733/scarlett-johansson-snl/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f023fef10589d82/6987ee20428a9e54caccb39f/scarlett-johansson-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Scarlett Johansson og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Scarlett Johansson Satirize Marvel's Lack of Female Superheroes twitter:description: May 2 episode also features a parody of Baltimore riots coverage twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f023fef10589d82/6987ee20428a9e54caccb39f/scarlett-johansson-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Scarlett Johansson Satirize Marvel's Lack of Female Superheroes > Sponsored content. 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Marvel gets women,” says the narrator, before Natasha Romanova is seen trading her secret agent duties for an internship at _Fashion Weekly_ and relationship problems with her boyfriend, Ultron. MORE: [_Avengers: Age of Ultron_ Wins 2nd Biggest Weekend Box Office](http://time.com/3844686/avengers-age-of-ultron-box-office-weekend/) The episode, with musical guest Wiz Khalifa, also poked fun in the cold open at the Mayweather-Pacquiao boxing match—which happened to air at the same time as _SNL—_with Aidy Bryant stepping into the ring as Pacquiao and Jay Pharoah as the still-undefeated Mayweather. _SNL_ waded into a more risky topic with its parody coverage of the Baltimore riots, namely, the [zero attendance](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-baltimore-orioles-white-sox-stadium-hawthorne-20150430-column.html) at last week’s Baltimore Orioles vs. Chicago White Sox game, which was closed to the public due to the city’s unrest Monday. ### See All the Avengers: Age of Ultron Character Posters  Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man Marvel/Disney  Chris Evans as Captain America Marvel/Disney  Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk Marvel/Disney  Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow Marvel/Disney  Chris Hemsworth as Thor Marvel/Disney  Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye Marvel/Disney  Paul Bettany as Vision Marvel/Disney  Samuel L. 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