Marvel's Black Widow has easily the most unique opening credits out of any Marvel Cinematic Universe movie released so far. Set to the haunting tune of Malia J's cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," the sequence plays out as a gritty montage depicting the horrors that Natasha and Yelena endured as young girls put through the Red Room's training and brainwashing program.

Speaking during a press conference attended by CBR, Marvel Studios President and Marvel Chief Creative Officer Kevin Feige broke down the film's opening credits and how they came to be. "We needed to set the stage for what both of these women, all of these women and characters, had gone through in their past and exactly what Ray Winstone [General Dreykov], the villain of our piece, had done and what made him so, so evil in his dealings," he explained.

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In an unexpectedly bold move, Black Widow's opening credits show Dreykov meeting with numerous real-world politicians, including former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Russian President Vladimir Putin, implicating them in the crimes perpetrated by the Red Room's despicable leader. It's the sort of explicitly political commentary Marvel Studios has traditionally avoided, in no small part due to its longstanding practice of partnering with the U.S. military on its films.

For Black Widow, however, Feige and director Cate Shortland felt it was important to dive into the Red Room's sordid history for storytelling purposes. "This idea came about, and it was later in production or even in additional photography -- right, Cate? -- to showcase that moment that [Natasha and Yelena] were pulled apart, what happened after the plane took off and [David Harbour's] character [Red Guardian] sent them back with Ray Winstone," said Feige.

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"It was tremendous and ended up being one of our rare opening title sequences that really helped set the tone and the backstory for Natasha's character," he added. He's not wrong, either, judging by the sequence's enthusiastic critical response.

Directed by Cate Shortland and starring Scarlett Johansson, Black Widow is currently in theaters and streaming on Disney+ Premier Access. Florence Pugh, who plays Yelena Belova, will reprise her role in the movie for the Hawkeye series on Disney+ this fall.

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