I hadn’t actually heard that Emily Blunt had been cast for this role, but she has apparently left it, opening the way for them to cast ScarJo. I was pretty sleepy when my husband came in to kiss me goodnight and mentioned… this last night. I thought it was pretty good casting. He did not. He gave me one of those looks that says, ‘Your nerdity has let me down, wife.’ Ah well.
So she’s apparently in, apparently being paid very little and apparently will be appearing in many of the same movies Sam Jackson was tied to to play Shouty Sam Fury. We’ll see what happens. In the hands of Favreau I think that this could be well done in Iron Man 2, but I fear for the rest of the Marvel franchise movies.
The best part was when I sent looking for this story this morning to confirm hubby was right and I came upon this article at The Movie Blog. Rodney’s closing thought:
“At least this casting would be better than that Olga girl everyone keeps trying to name for ANY role with a girl in it.”
Snort. You see what comes of showing your tits? Every man with an internet connection wants you to play everything. I have to kind of admit…. she would have been not a bad choice. Although, she doesn’t seem smart enough to play Natasha….
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That’s what I like about you two as a couple: “Goodnight Sweetie, I love you, oh, did you know Scarlett Johansson is going to play the Black Widow?”
I think Scarlett is a reasonable choice. She’s not a bad actress if given sufficient direction I think – though I suppose it may not matter once she’s dressed as Black Widow.
And she’s mighty purdy…
Jesus Bob. It’s like you were there. And you’re completely right. Dye her hair and put her in black leather. It’s not going to matter what’s she saying….
There are few actresses I have as little time for as Scarlett Johannsen.
“Scarlett…Scarlett…right, look at the camera, aaaaand…pout! Now – doe eyes! Now…bigger pout! Now…look like porcelain and pretend you’re a classic Hollywood starlet despite having little discernible range. POUT!”
Never before have so many been duped by so little talent.
I have to say, I thought she was great in The Island.
/runs from tomatoes.
Oh Shannon. No one will throw tomatoes at you. I actually like her. I think it’s important to understand what her purpose is, but I also think that for all the actresses out there whose purpose is ‘look pretty and doe eyed’ while speaking, she’s the least brainless of them all. And she’s married to a ridiculous hottie, so I live vicariously through her….