Emily Blunt On Rejecting Role in Captain America Movie

Emily Blunt On Rejecting Role in Captain America Movie

In this MTV exclusive, actress Emily Blunt shares reasons for why she turned down a role in Marvel's First Avenger: Captain America. Check it Out

By DCMarvelFreshman - Apr 26, 2010 02:04 PM EST
Filed Under: Captain America
Source: MTV Splash



Before Marvel officially announced actress Hayley Atwell to portray lead female role, Peggy Carter, in First Avenger: Captain America, Marvel reportedly offered the role to Emily Blunt. The "Devel Wears Prada" actress now enlightens MTV on the subject.

"I'm a big supporter of [director] Joe Johnston and I think that 'Captain America' is going to be really fun and I gather that the story is really interesting," she said. "It just wasn't what I wanted to do next, to be honest."

"There's definitely a high commitment level and I'm not someone who likes to plan too much ahead," she said. "That would also be an issue for me as well."

When asked if CBM movies was for her or not

"I don't know," Blunt said. "Who's to say? I don't tend to be fatalistic about these things. I think for me the job always has to be the right thing at the right time. Neither of them happened to be that."

And while the actress admitted that she and Krasinski "talk about every role that we're going up for," the pair didn't do any rehearsal around the house.

"We don't have Captain America suits lying around, if you can believe that," she laughed. "We just don't. I know that's weird, but we don't."




Blunt also was up for Black Widow in the upcoming Iron Man 2, but eventually went to Scarlett Johansson. Emily's fiance, John Krasinski, was also up for the Steve Rogers part, but eventually went to Chris Evans, whose currently prepping for the role, in England

Filming on The First Avenger: Captain America is expected to begin sometime around June 28th, with a world-wide release of July 22nd, next year.
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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 4/26/2010, 2:38 PM
Good, she's a better JEAN GREY! : P
HelaGood
HelaGood - 4/26/2010, 2:41 PM
she a PERFECT catwoman!

and she probably HATED working with Johnston on "Wolfman" so much she didnt want to go through that hell again.
P862010
P862010 - 4/26/2010, 2:42 PM
what major projects are ahead she turned down iron man 2 for a jason segal comedy
mindform
mindform - 4/26/2010, 2:44 PM
@HelaGood Yes, I want her for Catwoman too :')

Oh well! I get the feeling it was really awkward with all that Krasinski business but whatever, I'm super happy with Hayley Atwell.
StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 4/26/2010, 2:44 PM
It's cool. Hayley Atwell will do just fine I am sure.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 4/26/2010, 2:50 PM
No she ain't a [frick]ing perfect CATWOMAN lol!

In fact its best off if we never see CATWOMAN on the big screen ever again!

CARLA GUGINO by BTW! : p
AnotherLonelyCritic
AnotherLonelyCritic - 4/26/2010, 2:53 PM
[frick] it! We got Hayley Atwell, and she's like, God's gift to mankind! :D
Hawksblueyes
Hawksblueyes - 4/26/2010, 2:55 PM
Nice job MF, ya got me again.
CaptainQuirk
CaptainQuirk - 4/26/2010, 2:57 PM
I love Emily Blunt.
Joker1zero
Joker1zero - 4/26/2010, 3:11 PM
Nice
REAL213
REAL213 - 4/26/2010, 3:18 PM
WAIT......JIM.....FROM THE OFFICE.....IS GETTING MARRIED TO EMILY BLUNT? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MINE!!!!!!!!
InTylerWeTrust
InTylerWeTrust - 4/26/2010, 3:20 PM
She's a very good actress, and she does fit plenty of CBM roles, like Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Talia Al Ghul (my choice for her), Jean Grey, etc. I would have liked to see her in this, but whatever. I hope to see her in a CBM sooner or later.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 4/26/2010, 3:24 PM
I bet that she was thinking of the crappy reviews that The Wolfman got when she turned Johnston down..! :P It's a pity though as she's a great actress! Still, maybe we'll see her in another superhero related role in future - hopefully one that involves some sort of tight suit, lol!

Guys, check out my EXCLUSIVE interview with DD writer, Antony Johnston!!! Just click the link! :)
odie00
odie00 - 4/26/2010, 3:52 PM
yep shes hot
BIGBMH
BIGBMH - 4/26/2010, 3:57 PM
Well, it's not like she's saying "I would never want to act in a piece of crap comic book movie about stupid Captain America!" Maybe she just didn't want to be involved in such a big picture. It's a major time commitment, which makes it difficult to schedule other things. Plus it requires a lot of physical work, which isn't for every actor.
1chris2
1chris2 - 4/26/2010, 4:19 PM
she is so hot. her and grace park are two of my top hottest chicks.
HelaGood
HelaGood - 4/26/2010, 4:20 PM
@Mindform & LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

48and2
48and2 - 4/26/2010, 4:23 PM
"We don't have Captain America suits lying around, if you can believe that," - yeah right =P

Catwoman may be right up her alley since she doesn't want to do a major commitment. If she gets offered that and passes it up, then I'd say she's crazy.
hellna
hellna - 4/26/2010, 4:40 PM
@magic8- Why the disbelief? You think she would date you? OOOOOOOOOoooooooo!
BlackCat1
BlackCat1 - 4/26/2010, 5:10 PM
She would be a great Poison Ivy or Wonder Woman
InFamouslyCool
InFamouslyCool - 4/26/2010, 5:10 PM
she blows anyways. good.
skullboy
skullboy - 4/26/2010, 5:22 PM
If the Black Widow role was only between Blunt and Scarjo I wish Blunt was picked instead.
shiftysharp
shiftysharp - 4/26/2010, 5:27 PM
i might be reading too much into this but as stated by @dannyrand401 she would only be a small part in captain america,so if she is talking too much of a commitment that suggests to me the actress playing peggy will also play sharon carter as quite a few have thought she might.
mindform
mindform - 4/26/2010, 5:31 PM
@HelaGood Yes, exactly like that!! I've been rereading Hush and I can totally see her as Catwoman :')
YeaOkYea
YeaOkYea - 4/26/2010, 6:08 PM
She would've been more convincing as Black Widow than Scarlett Johanson. Don't get me wrong I love me some Scarlett but she's not that great of an actress.
chrismatj
chrismatj - 4/26/2010, 8:00 PM
I think that Blunt would have done a helluvah job as the Widow. Too bad though...

I also heard that Ms. Johansson-Reynolds was offered the role of the Scarlet Witch... hmmmn.... :)
BlackCat1
BlackCat1 - 4/26/2010, 8:19 PM
I would've loved for blunt to get the role so that ScarJo could possibly be Black Cat somewhere down the line, but I have my replacement Blake Lively for Black Cat.
Vital
Vital - 4/27/2010, 1:18 AM
Why would you pass up a role that would sky rocket your career as an actress? lol wow. I guess there is someone out there would would kill for this role, somebody who's a little more appreciative.
HelaGood
HelaGood - 4/27/2010, 10:14 AM
@Mindform I TOTALLY AGREE!! well, here's hoping...
breakUbatman
breakUbatman - 4/27/2010, 12:52 PM
Basically she's saying she didnt want to commit to anotmer Wolfman
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/2/2010, 2:47 PM
@ leee777 i agree she would be perfect for jean grey & i personally wouldn't mind seeing her as catwoman or poison ivy.
Organa1978
Organa1978 - 9/17/2010, 7:41 PM
No no and no!!! Emily Blunt as Talia Al Ghul!
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