‘Avengers' Writer Reveals Whybr Black Widow-Hulk Romance Was Cut Writer Stephen McFeely recently appearedbr on the ‘Empire’ podcast to answer questionsbr pertaining to the ‘Avengers’ series. When asked what happened to the romancebr between Black Widow and Hulk, McFeelybr said it was cut due to time constraints. Stephen McFeely,br via ‘Empire’ The characters, played by Mark Ruffalobr and Scarlett Johansson, were firstbr romantically linked in ‘Age of Ultron.’ Their relationship was then dramaticallybr cut short at the end of the movie, whenbr Banner seemingly abandoned the Avengers. McFeely said that scenes wrapping upbr their relationship were shot for the next movie,br ‘Infinity War,’ but ultimately didn’t make the final cut.