--- 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  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi May 3, 2015 8:56 PM CUT  ©2015/Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC ©2015/Mary Ellen Matthews/NBCMary Ellen Matthews—NBC  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi May 3, 2015 8:56 PM CUT _Avengers: Age of Ultron_ star Scarlett Johansson took on [Marvel’s lack of female-led franchises](http://time.com/3699450/marvel-aforce-secret-wars-superhero-female/ "undefined") during her fourth hosting gig of _Saturday Night Live._ The sketch features a fake trailer starring Johansson as her _Avengers_ character, Black Widow, as proof that Marvel is indeed capable of creating a female-centered superhero film. “Chill. 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/ "undefined") 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 "undefined") 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. Jackson as Nick Fury Marvel/Disney  Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch Marvel/Disney  Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Quicksilver Marvel/Disney  James Spader as the voice of Ultron Marvel/Disney ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3844733/scarlett-johansson-snl/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3844733/scarlett-johansson-snl/"},"headline":"Watch Scarlett Johansson Satirize Marvel's Lack of Female Superheroes","datePublished":"2015-05-03T20:56:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:04:12.803Z","description":"May 2 episode also features a parody of Baltimore riots coverage","url":"https://time.com/3844733/scarlett-johansson-snl/","keywords":["Television","SNL","Saturday Night Live"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f023fef10589d82/6987ee20428a9e54caccb39f/scarlett-johansson-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2f023fef10589d82/6987ee20428a9e54caccb39f/scarlett-johansson-snl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Scarlett Johansson","caption":"Scarlett Johansson","creditText":"Mary Ellen Matthews—NBC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3844733/scarlett-johansson-snl/","name":"Watch Scarlett Johansson Satirize Marvel's Lack of Female Superheroes"}}]}] ```