Fan CastingBudapest (2009)

S.H.I.E.L.D. sends Clint Barton to eliminate Natasha Romanoff, a dangerous Red Room assassin. In Budapest, Barton finds her in a safehouse and hesitates, realizing she’s been manipulated. Romanoff reveals key intel on her overseer, General Dreykov. The two join forces to take him down. They rig a five-story building with explosives and lure Dreykov inside using his daughter, Antonia, as bait. The bombs detonate, killing Dreykov and Antonia. As Hungarian Special Forces pursue them, Barton and Romanoff engage in a fierce firefight, then escape and hide for ten days before fleeing Budapest. With Dreykov dead, S.H.I.E.L.D. deems the Red Room neutralized and recruits Romanoff into STRIKE Team: Delta. All details remain classified. Post Credits: In a shadowy safehouse, a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent hands a file on Hank Pym’s shrinking technology to Barton and Romanoff. Romanoff murmurs, “We need to find him… and his secrets,” hinting at a looming new threat.