Because Emily Blunt's commitment to Twentieth Century Fox and the studio's upcoming Gulliver's Travels movie may prohibit her from costarring in Iron Man 2, Marvel is in discussions with other actresses, most significantly Scarlett Johansson, to take her place, EW has learned exclusively. Marvel will not confirm, but sources around Hollywood say Johansson has indeed met with the filmmakers and is interested in taking the role of Russian superspy Natasha Romanoff, who doubles as Black Widow. Blunt's reps are still trying to make both projects work, but Gulliver's is further along, with a start date of April 15. Iron Man 2 still doesn't have a shooting script and a start date has not yet been determined.

Doesn't really matter. Raimi will suck the life out of any actor/actress. It's like working with George Lucas. You can throw good and even brilliant actors (Terrance Stamp, Ewan McGreggor, Liam Neeson, etc.) at him and it turns to mush.

How many Oscar nominations does Emily Blunt have again?

SJ is an unappealing actress who isn't exactly a box office draw. HJNTIY is one of her few hits and she likely has little to do with its success.

SJ's box office track record

Those charts mean nothing.

Case in point: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/cha ... enport.htm

They should cast Jack Davenport since he breaks in on average $165 Million per film.

We're talking about Iron Man 2. It's going to make $300 Million regardless of who's in the black tights. But with another Oscar nominee on board, it as least adds something from a marketing standpoint.

SJ isn't as sexy as Blunt or Dushku. She's not a good enough actress to pull off sexy, no matter how hard she tries.

How many Oscar nominations does Emily Blunt have again?

Just as many as Scarlett.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424060/awards

Most of the point remains

Just as many as Scarlett.

She's beautiful, she's a great actress, and looks the part. Trumps Blunt in every category. I don't know what's not to love about the development.

I don't think she's a great actress at all. She's someone who used to show a lot of promise in her earlier movies (Ghost World, Lost in Translation), but now I feel like she appears in 50,000 movies a year and she just doesn't have that much personality in them.