Can Scarlett measure up?
Johansson as Black Widow - Iron Man 2
Official word is Scarlett Johansson will be playing Black Widow in Iron Man 2 (which started filming this month and set to hit screens in May 2010). It seems that some of the fans are concerned that Johansson isn’t quite visually what they wanted to see in a “Russian Spy”, along with her (from the critics) lack luster acting chops. We’d love to counter that with something fancy (like hey she’s freaking hot), but we’ll have to wait for it to land on the big screen and see how it all adds up. With Jon Favreau directing again, it would come as a huge surprise that he would allow any major deficiencies in such a character as Black Widow.
Originally slated to star as Black Widow was Emily Blunt (Sunshine Cleaning) who later had an obligation to be in Gulliver’s Travels airing on Fox in 2010.
The Iron Man 2 cast will also feature Mickey Rourke as Whiplash, Samuel Jackson as Nick Fury, Gwyneth Paltrow returning as Pepper Pots and Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer, a multibillionaire businessman/rival of industrialist Tony Stark.
-Crutchboy Out
