A QUIET PLACE Star Emily Blunt Says She Was Never Actually In The Running To Play CAPTAIN MARVEL

A QUIET PLACE Star Emily Blunt Says She Was Never Actually In The Running To Play CAPTAIN MARVEL

Before Brie Larson landed the role of Carol Danvers in Captain Marvel, rumors had circulated that Emily Blunt was a front-runner for the part - however, the actress has now set the record straight...

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By MarkCassidy - Mar 27, 2018 01:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Captain Marvel
Before Marvel Studios even announced that a Captain Marvel movie was in the works Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow) was a fan-favorite choice to play Carol Danvers, so when reports indicated that she was one of the front-runners to suit-up as the space-faring hero, the internet was a very happy place indeed.

Of course, Brie Larson ultimately wound up nabbing the role - but even if she hadn't, it doesn't sound like Blunt was ever in the running.

While chatting to Screen Crush about her new film A Quiet Place, Blunt was asked how close she came to landing the part, and responded: "Oh, no, nobody ever called me about it. [Laughs] It was all untrue!"

Ah well, there are still plenty of other great superheroes out there... right?

"I mean, I think Mary Poppins is a superhero, so I’ll just say that she’s my superhero. Yeah, I think I’ve fulfilled that. I’ll say it’s her. Listen, she can fly, she has superpowers, she’s magical. I’ll just go with Mary Poppins."

We may have to settle for Emily taking to the skies as a magical British nanny!
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VicSage
VicSage - 3/27/2018, 1:25 PM
Part of me thinks she would have made a great Black Widow though... anyhow, moving on
DirkLargepeck
DirkLargepeck - 3/27/2018, 1:28 PM
@VicSage - Wasn't she up for that but was already committed to another movie?
GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/27/2018, 1:29 PM
@DirkLargepeck - yup
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 3/27/2018, 1:33 PM
@DirkLargepeck - If I recall correctly, it was between her, ScarJo and Eliza Dushku (how?).
GhostDog
GhostDog - 3/27/2018, 1:34 PM
@L0RDbuckethead - Dushku did a lot of Joss's shows and they're good friends.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 3/27/2018, 1:52 PM
@BlackBeltJones - Ahh that makes much more sense, thank you. I was talking about Black Widow casting the other day on a previous thread and I couldn't figure out why Dushku out of all actors was considered with ScarJo and Blunt.

I honestly couldn't think of any role I'd want Dushku to have in the MCU... She has voiced She-Hulk before in an animated show; I wonder what she could do with a live-action take on the character?
rds130
rds130 - 3/27/2018, 2:13 PM
@L0RDbuckethead - Dollhouse was a pretty fun show with Joss and Eliza. Though I agree, I'm not quite sure what character she would play in the MCU either.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 3/27/2018, 2:16 PM
@rds130 - I haven't seen Dollhouse, but I've heard good things about it's short run. I guess I never realized it was a Whedon show.

She-hulk would be my first idea, then maybe... Jessica Drew? Idk.
String
String - 3/27/2018, 3:00 PM
@L0RDbuckethead - Not exactly, Emily Blunt was actually cast as Black Widow. But she had to give up the role a couple weeks later due to her existing contract with 20th Century Fox. I think she had a 3 picture deal with Fox. The studio wanted her to play the female lead in Gulliver's Travels. Marvel Studios then cast Scarlet Johansson.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 3/27/2018, 3:57 PM
@String - Interesting... Got a source on that?
Bokis
Bokis - 3/27/2018, 4:22 PM
@DirkLargepeck - And John Krasinsky, her husband, was up for Captain America
TanukiTrooper
TanukiTrooper - 3/27/2018, 8:55 PM
@L0RDbuckethead - It's like AoS, a Joss idea but a Jed and Maurissa run show. Joss created the idea to showcase Dushku's "diverse" acting range. But really it just showed that Dushku kind of sucked at acting, as her fellow dolls (Enver Gjokaj (Agent Carter) and Dichen Lachman (AoS/Torchwood)) had a far greater acting range.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 3/27/2018, 10:05 PM
@TanukiTrooper - Hmm, interesting. I'll have to check it out. It looks like there's only 30 or so episodes.
superbigguy32
superbigguy32 - 3/27/2018, 1:29 PM
RolandD
RolandD - 3/27/2018, 3:31 PM
@superbigguy32 - That is great! I thought that there was way too much humor in GotG V 2, but I loved the Mary Poppins gag. That pic is a great reversal of it
ODanil
ODanil - 3/27/2018, 1:30 PM
People are raving about A Quiet Place

they are saying it should be nominated for best score.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 3/27/2018, 1:45 PM
@ODanil - Something tells me you're not serious. On the other hand it sounds so ridicilous that it is possible
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 3/27/2018, 1:30 PM
I wanted him for Captain Marvel before I even thought about Larson, but I'm happy that they went with her.
RegularPoochie
RegularPoochie - 3/27/2018, 1:34 PM
@Poochie - her... [frick] this phone
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 3/27/2018, 1:36 PM
@Poochie

[frick] that phone. I got your back.
MrMartyMarvel
MrMartyMarvel - 3/27/2018, 1:58 PM
@Poochie - Your phone can suck my dick!
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 3/27/2018, 1:34 PM
She’d kill it as any hero. Can’t wait for A Quiet Place either. My theater better be quiet af.
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 3/27/2018, 2:08 PM
@regularmovieguy - get ready for random babies in the audience
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 3/27/2018, 2:21 PM
@Kevwebsz

Haha [frick] that...I would rather go to a midnight showing.
Battabing
Battabing - 3/27/2018, 1:41 PM
One can dream.
Maybe Hawkwoman one day.
Pantherpool
Pantherpool - 3/27/2018, 1:41 PM
Mary Poppins? Is he cool?
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/27/2018, 1:43 PM
@Pantherpool - he's blue and can whistle his arrow through anyone and anything, so I'd say he's pretty cool!
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