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Captain America: The Winter Soldier Audio Commentary:

“It comes up a lot, “Why Natasha and not every other Avenger?” We wanted to put Steve’s clear-eyed view of our world against a person who absolutely inhabits this world. Today’s politics is a little gray, a little morally questionable; ethics get folded for any particular instance. She represents that perfectly. And when you put those two characters with those two world views together, you’re gonna get friction, but you’re also gonna get a chance for each of them to affect the other.