A couple weeks ago it was revealed that Emily Blunt might have to step down from playing Black Widow in Iron Man 2 due a schedule conflict with Gulliver’s Travels. Since then Eliza Dushku tossed her hat into the consideration pool, pleading fans to start a campaign to make it happen. Unfortunately for Eliza, it seems that Jon Favreau and Marvel have bigger names in mind for the part.

EW has learned that Scarlett Johansson is in talks to replace Blunt as Russian superspy Natasha Romanoff (aka the Black Widow). Johansson has apparently met with the filmmakers and is interested in the part, and is just waiting for Blunt to officially give up the part. Blunt’s reps are still trying to make the schedules fall into alignment but Iron Man still doesn’t have a schedule or start date in place.
Source(s):
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/02/13/scarlett-johansson-to-replace-emily-blu...

http://perezhilton.com/2009-02-16-scarjo-to-replace-emily-blunt-in-iron-man...


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