Black Widow: Where Yelena & Red Guardian Are During Infinity War & Endgame. Milena, Red Guardian, and Yelena didn't show up alongside Natasha in Infinity War or Endgame, and Black Widow hints at why that was the case.
After parting her ways with Romanoff, Belova spent two years freeing many of the remaining brainwashed Black Widows before she was killed by Thanos' Snap. Upon her resurrection in the Blip in 2023, Belova attempted to seek out Romanoff, but was informed that she had died.
Yet following Black Widow's death in Avengers: Endgame, Black Widow also served as the launching pad for a new character named Yelena Belova, who was played by Florence Pugh. Pugh was cast in 2019 when she was having a phenomenal year with roles in films like Fighting With My Family, Midsommar, and Little Women.
Like with other fallen MCU characters, it's highly unlikely Black Widow will be brought back in the Multiverse Saga (and not even as a variant), but it's not too late for Marvel to make up for its Black Widow mistakes since Avengers: Endgame, and it has a brand-new chance to honor her legacy and give her the farewell ...
Where Were Red Guardian and Yelena Belova During Avengers Endgame
Will Yelena become an avenger?
Yelena Belova
Since then, Belova has been seen in other Marvel projects including Hawkeye, and will reprise her role in the new Thunderbolts movie. That being said, it is unlikely that Belova would join the Avengers.
Natasha chose to be the sacrifice and so, Romanoff was 39 years old when she died, but the time travel in Avengers: Endgame creates a little bit of a complication. Romanoff and Barton used the Quantum Realm to journey back to 2014 so they could beat Thanos (Josh Brolin) to the Soul Stone by 4 years.
Gamora was sacrificed by Thanos in the Infinity Timeline. Bc they went back to multiple dates before Thanos could even get to the stones, he never got to the point of sacrificing her for the soul stone, because Clint and Natasha went there first. So, Natasha simply ceased to exist in the original End Game timeline.
She also dated Hawkeye for while. The two were actually engaged for a time before she broke up with him to pursue a career as a vigilante. The love affair has been an on and off again issue with Marvel fans, though it has never been explored in the MCU.
I remember in my late 20s having a real shift in how I felt on set, how I felt promoting films: a little more anxiety, a little more uncertainty. You always end up questioning, Is this what I should be doing?... I just wasn't sure if I was moving closer to myself or further away.
By the end of the film, Yelena is so devastated by Natasha's death, that she's willing to listen to Val—a stranger—when she tells her that Clint Barton is responsible for Black Widow's demise (which occurred in Avengers: Endgame).
So there you have it. After we last saw Yelena in “Black Widow,” she spent her time freeing other black widows from mind control, got snapped out of existence, and then began working as a contract killer for Valentina – which is how she got assigned to take out Hawkeye.
What happened to Melina and Alexei after Black Widow?
Safely back on the ground, Yelena, Melina and Alexei leave with Antonia and the freed Widows, intending to find the other brainwashed women around the world and free them.
Black Widow's Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) is nowhere to be seen in Avengers: Infinity War, but that doesn't mean she was a victim of Thanos' snap. Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) doesn't appear in the MCU Phase 3 events set after Black Widow, but that doesn't mean she died in Thanos' Avengers: Infinity War snap.
Minutes later, Thanos snaps somewhere in Wakanda. Yelena blips. When she returns, her first thought is to find Natasha, who the audience knows is already dead. The horrifying reality is that those who blipped didn't actually feel anything.
Tracking down and killing Clint Barton aka Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), who Val falsely tells Yelena is “the man who killed” her sister. It's an unexpected moment — one that sets up a major confrontation between Yelena and Clint to come in a future Marvel film or show (presumably the Hawkeye Disney+ series).
During the War, the young Natasha served in the Russian army where she fell in love with another young soldier named Nikolai. Despite their initial happiness, their union did not end blissfully. Nikolai was killed in the war and the baby girl they conceived did not survive birth.
In an alternate 1949, Carter was met by Rogers after completing his tasks. They lived a happy life together and were married. Steve still wore his wedding band when he reunited with Sam Wilson in 2023, but Steve chose to keep the details of his life with Peggy to himself rather than sharing them with his old friend.
For one of the closest friends in Black Widow's life, having to fight over who would sacrifice themself was an emotionally draining task. Natasha's last words were “Let me go,” before letting go of Clint's hand and falling to her death off the cliff on Vormir.
Hulk couldn't bring her back because you can't use the power of the stones to resurrect her as the exchange is permanent, but when Cap goes back to return the stone he could exchange the stone back for her soul.
Gamora survived Tony's snap because she had changed allegiances when it happened. The stones can interpret the users' intentions, and Tony only snaps Thanos' invading forces. Nebula had already convinced Gamora that Thanos was in the wrong by this point, so the soul stone likely sensed that she was no longer a threat.
Probing Nebula's cybernetic memory banks, Thanos' suspicions were confirmed, that Gamora knew of the Soul Stone's location and had secretly admitted it to Nebula. Having decided to move further in his quest, Thanos lured the Guardians of the Galaxy to Knowhere where he took the Reality Stone, and ambushed them.
While Steve Rogers gets the title of the oldest human avenger, Thor Odinson, as the mighty Asgardian God of Thunder, has a much longer life span than any of his Earth-born friends.
The lullaby was introduced in Avengers: Age of Ultron as a way of reverting the Hulk back into Bruce Banner after a successful mission. Natasha would slowly approach the Hulk and gently touch his hand, saying “the sun's getting real low.” This would calm Hulk down enough to change him back into Banner.
