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Loyal
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 Emily Blunt Speaks Out On Losing Black Widow Role http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2009/02/ ... -will.htmlQuote: 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. Definite upgrade in the looks department.
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? And downgrade in the acting abilities department.
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Chippy
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? Not according to Woody Allen.
I think it's a push.
Everyone thinks Blunt is so amazing... from what? TDWP?
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? Among other things. But I actually have seen more movies with her.
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BennyBlanco
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? While Scarlett may have an amazing body and a beautiful face, she does not have the sophisticated sexiness that a role like that calls for. Her role in the Black Dahlia springs to mind, a movie that required her to have a kind of classy, mature sexiness to her and she ended up looking like a teenager in a school play.
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Harry Warden
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? Mistake! Johansson is a terrible actor and I don't think she's very sexy. Attractive but not sexy. Blunt is better.
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Harry Warden
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? Rumor is that Eliza Dushku really wants the role. She'd be so much better than SJ.
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roo
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? 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.
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Harry Warden
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? roo wrote: 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. What does Sam Raimi have to do with Iron Man 2?
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Loyal
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? How many award nominations/wins does Emily Blunt have again?
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Harry Warden
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? loyalfromlondon wrote: 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
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Loyal
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? Chia Pet wrote: loyalfromlondon wrote: 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 recordThose charts mean nothing. Case in point: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/cha ... enport.htmThey 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 award winner/nominee on board, it as least adds something from a marketing standpoint.
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Harry Warden
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? loyalfromlondon wrote: Chia Pet wrote: loyalfromlondon wrote: 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 recordThose charts mean nothing. Case in point: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/cha ... enport.htmThey 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.
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? Chia Pet wrote:
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.
Well that's a whole other can of worms adding Dushku to the equation (talk about box office). Scarlett Johansson is sexier than Emily Blunt to most men I'd imagine. It doesn't even feel right to type sexy and Emily Blunt in the same sentence. Blunt looks like the girl up the lane. A bit fishy in the face really.
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? loyalfromlondon wrote: How many Oscar nominations does Emily Blunt have again? Just as many as Scarlett. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? Dr. Lecter wrote: loyalfromlondon wrote: How many Oscar nominations does Emily Blunt have again? Just as many as Scarlett.  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424060/awardsMost of the point remains
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Dr. Lecter
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? loyalfromlondon wrote: Dr. Lecter wrote: loyalfromlondon wrote: How many Oscar nominations does Emily Blunt have again? Just as many as Scarlett. Most of the point remains Blunt has won more Golden Globes than Johansson, heh. _________________The greatest thing on earth is to love and to be loved in return!
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? But Scarlett at least has a BAFTA. Emily should be embarassed really.
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STEVE ROGERS
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? See?? I told you they could get any hot chick, put her in black leather and it wouldn't matter and it isn't like moviegoers are actually going to see IRONMAN 2 for the acting for heaven sakes, except for people on websites like this and RT.. Scarlett Johansson Is a damn good choice either way..
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Harry Warden
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? Dr. Lecter wrote: loyalfromlondon wrote: How many Oscar nominations does Emily Blunt have again? Just as many as Scarlett. Good find, Lecter 
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? Gah Scarlett sort of annoys me. Emily Blunt would be so much better.
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? 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.
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? loyalfromlondon wrote: 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. I thought she was pretty good in He's Just Not That Into You but her part wasn't really that challenging or anything.
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Mr. Inc
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? She's very sexy, but a mediocre actress. Blunt > Johansson.
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Harry Warden
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Re: Emily Blunt Out For Black Widow...Scarlett Johansson In? Libs wrote: loyalfromlondon wrote: 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. Libs and I agree. A sign of the Apocalypse?
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