When it rains “Iron Man 2” casting news it evidently pours “Iron Man 2” casting news. Apparently it’s official: Scarlett Johansson has replaced Emily Blunt as the Black Widow in Jon Favreau’s Tony Stark/Marvel sequel. Man, Nikki Finke is on a roll today.
According to the “I beat you to scoops” blogtress:
[This is interesting because] Scarlett actually screen-tested for the role and didn’t get it. But I hear that, unlike Mickey’s quote, the deal for her is “just the opposite, a terrible deal made by CAA,” one of my insiders says. “It’s as bad as any deal that I’ve heard. It’s lowball money. And it ties her to countless movies, including that ensemble The Avengers, which is what makes this brutal for a lot of actors.”
Emily Blunt had to drop out because Fox exercised an option that the studio had on her for “Gullivers Travels” as reported a few weeks ago, and confirmed by her not that long ago. Mickey Rourke just signed on his role as a Russian villain, presumably, Crimson Dynamo, just a few short hours ago. [DeadlineHollywood]
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