LOS ANGELES — Scarlett Johansson "kicked some major butt" at the gym as she whipped her body into top shape to play the Black Widow in the highly-anticipated sequel "Iron Man 2."
"It was many, many, hours, days, and months of stunt training and strength training," the 24-year-old actress tells People of her training regimen for the film, which will arrive in theaters on May 7, 2010.
Johansson said her countless hours of training were made easier knowing that she had to don a skintight catsuit to play the Russian spy.
"I had a goal. The goal was the Lycra catsuit," she said of knowing what was at stake.
So was Johansson happy with the end result after she zipped up for the first time?
"You put that much work into something and you put it on and you better be happy with it," she told the mag.
"It was crazy to see it for the first time – everything all zipped up and all the weapons in there, bracelets on, the whole look," she continued. "It was pretty sweet, I have to say."
Johansson's Black Widow costume also managed to make quite the impression on the film's set as well.
"Certainly walking on set, because a lot of the people that worked on the film were fans of the comic and of course they knew the Black Widow – they were all super excited to see the Black Widow," she said. "When everybody in the crew were like, 'That looks awesome!' I knew. Like, 'Okay.' "
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