A scene in 2012's The Avengers featuring Scarlett Johansson's Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow required multiple weeks of work in order to digitally fix the actor's hair.

An anonymous compositor who worked on the Marvel Cinematic Universe film discussed the incident while speaking with Defector. "The heli-carrier sequence was shot on a runway in New Mexico. Scarlett Johansson had this curly red wig on. We had to figure out how to get sky behind her head instead of mountains. That was a huge pain in the ass," the compositor explained. "If I looked at the shot now, I could probably point out to you all of the morphs and dissolves that most people don't see when watching it casually."

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For a film, it's the job of the compositor to merge all the footage with the practical and digital effects to create a cohesive scene on screen. In the case of Johansson's wig in The Avengers, the compositors struggled to blend the effects together in a seamless way. What resulted from this was over two weeks of work from the film's digital effects team trying to fix the scene. One method they attempted was to acquire the wig Johansson wore during principal photography to see if they could green screen it onto the actor for the final cut.

Marvel Studios has recently come under fire after several visual effects artists spoke out about the poor treatment they had received during their time working for the studio. Some artists even have even said their work with Marvel Studios made them want to change career paths entirely, as was the case for former VFX artist Dhruv Govil. "Working on [Marvel] shows is what pushed me to leave the VFX industry," said Govil, who worked on films like Guardians of the Galaxy and Spider-Man: Homecoming. "They're a horrible client, and I've seen way too many colleagues break down after being overworked, while Marvel tightens the purse strings."

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Although neither Marvel Studios nor Disney have commented on these accusations, many members of the cast and crew behind She-Hulk: Attorney at Law have come to the defense of VFX artists. "This is just a massive undertaking, to have a show of this scale, where the character is CG, it's a very overwhelming and enormous thing to take on," She-Hulk series creator Jessica Gao said recently. "It's terrible that a lot of artists feel rushed, and feel the workload is too massive." Director and executive producer Kat Coiro added to Gao's sentiments by saying, "We stand in solidarity with what they say. If they're feeling pressure, we stand with them."

The Avengers is available to stream now on Disney+, while She-Hulk: Attorney at Law premieres on the streaming service on Aug. 18.

Source: Defector