Eliza Dushku Wants to be Black Widow in Iron Man II

Eliza Dushku Wants to be Black Widow in Iron Man II

Listeners to the Howard Stern show this morning heard hottie Eliza Dushku plead for the role of KGB super spy Natalia Romanova a.k.a. the Black Widow.

By ComicBookMovie - Feb 12, 2009 05:02 PM EST
Filed Under: Iron Man 2

Last we heard, the part was already offered to Emily Blunt, the sexy secy of The Devil Wears Prada, but conflicting film schedules and a contractual obligation with 20th Century Fox's remake of Gulliver's Travels may cause her to release the role -- leaving an opening for Eliza.

On the radio show Dushku commented...
"They're doing Iron Man 2, and I'm so perfect for the Black Widow character, that they just need to get into it. They need to understand I just learned Russian because I had to play a Russian girl in Dollhouse.

From the serious sound of her appeal, her desire is not just radio show banter, but she really wants in. Before she left the studio she pleaded with Stern's audience to convince Marvel Studios to give her a tryout...

Maybe we could all tell them. Lets get on a Black Widow Iron Man 2 campaign.

What do you think?

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adamant877
adamant877 - 2/12/2009, 5:14 PM
Not a good enough actress to pull off this role.
She only has one expression (and God how I hate those kinds of actors/actresses), and it's: pissed, with a hint of confusion.
Not pleased.
Oh, and I have a good guess as to how accurate her Russian accent is...
"CRAPTACULAR!"
JamesH
JamesH - 2/12/2009, 5:42 PM
I like her as an actress and most of her movies but she doesnt have anything on Black Widow... not the looks, not the attitude, not the voice. Nothing.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 2/12/2009, 5:44 PM
Shes a hotty no doubt and i liked her in Buffy but i dunno, doesnt seem right for this...
TaffetaDarling
TaffetaDarling - 2/12/2009, 5:47 PM
gross.
farmboy
farmboy - 2/12/2009, 6:05 PM
she looks to young and i dont think she could be natasha romanoff.
DarkAvengers
DarkAvengers - 2/12/2009, 6:08 PM
Oh come on. You guys are all idiots. She would do just fine. Stupid fanboy geeks.
NoobMike
NoobMike - 2/12/2009, 6:22 PM
she hasn't been able to show any acting outside of teen-highschool-horror movies, I still see her to be extremely green and don't know if she can act next to robert downey jr.
MoonDoggyX
MoonDoggyX - 2/12/2009, 6:36 PM
And Beyonce wants to play Wonder Woman... HaHa... NO... Going by her resume, she's not nearly right for this role. Someone mor like Famke Jenssen would be perfect...
RaKita
RaKita - 2/12/2009, 6:53 PM
Man, if she gets the part, I'm gonna start watching synchronized swimming.
realfirstavenger
realfirstavenger - 2/12/2009, 6:58 PM
i love eliza and am so very excited for the premiere of Dollhouse tomorow night

you have to admit she is smoking hot and her raspy voice is beyond sexy
but as a russian super spy?? not sure
she is a good actress but i think i would find her accent off putting
however i would vote a big fat yes :)
so hot
MoonDoggyX
MoonDoggyX - 2/12/2009, 7:02 PM
Sarah Carter is hotter and has a sexier voice if we're judging by that... There was a blonde Black Widow...
iconstatic
iconstatic - 2/12/2009, 7:28 PM
First Ms. Whitebread Blunt and now this?!

They should just give this role to Olga Kurylenko.
MisterNiceGuy
MisterNiceGuy - 2/12/2009, 8:11 PM
i would so !%*$(#@%^&
thenumber12
thenumber12 - 2/12/2009, 8:42 PM
No way
tjdr59
tjdr59 - 2/12/2009, 9:10 PM
im not saying she should be the black widow but that picture doesn't do her justice.
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tjdr59
tjdr59 - 2/12/2009, 9:12 PM
here is another one off the howard stern website
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parascythe
parascythe - 2/12/2009, 9:19 PM
Emily Blunt is still the better choice..IMHO
TheSoulEater
TheSoulEater - 2/12/2009, 9:38 PM
IF she's to be replaced, it should be by Kate Beckinsale, I've said it before, and I'll say it again, the likness is dead on!

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Gideon
Gideon - 2/12/2009, 10:47 PM
Souleater, you are dead on man! Kate Beckinsale would be perfect! But, if not her, then I would like to see Eliza over Famke or the redheaded chick any day.
IonParallax
IonParallax - 2/12/2009, 10:52 PM
OK. Eliza Dushku is one one of my personal favorite hottest teen actresses of all time. Dollhouse is and will be good. If you didn't see it on FOX last year, check it out this year.

I don't know what it is about her, but I think she's so smokin' hot. Tru Calling anyone?

Anyway, as for the casting NO!!!!! Absolutely not, I love her and what not, but I don't believe she's good for this role at ALL! She's smokin' hot and has that smoker sexy raspy hardcore voice and her body is astounding, but not right at all for Black Widow.
Triptheorist
Triptheorist - 2/13/2009, 12:31 AM
Good for her. It's nice to want things. :P
Oddfellow
Oddfellow - 2/13/2009, 12:42 AM
I used to have such a huge crush on Eliza, but I don't think she embodies the Black Widow. Kate Beckinsale, maybe, but even I'm not totally sure. I could go with a no-name.
I'm hoping that the introduction of the character freshens the Tony/Pepper dynamic a bit. Not romantically either per se.
I see it like this. Widow comes in, seduces Tony, starts wrecking things, Tony remains oblivious, Pepper tries to step in, Tony sees it as jealousy, tension forms between the two, Widow gets exposed, Tony realizes that he should have trusted Pepper more. It's always a sound character development device. Nice story.
LethalWeapon
LethalWeapon - 2/13/2009, 1:28 AM
oh hell naw, i dont want her to be black widow. soul eater u got the perfect choice
Gamblor
Gamblor - 2/13/2009, 3:23 AM
What about Milla Jovovich?

First post so go easy guys
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 2/13/2009, 4:20 AM
DUDE THE ONLY PERSON I WOULD GET TO PLAY BLACK WIDOW IS MILLA JOVANOVICH..CHECK RESIDENT EVIL FLICKS, SHES THE ONLY ONE, SHE LOOKS GOOD AS A RED HEAD SHE CAN GRAB THE ACCENT AND AS FAR AS PHYSICAL ACTION SHES GOT IT.,THERES NOBODY ELSE THAT COMES CLOSE TO BLACK WIDOW THAN MILLA....
willbhome
willbhome - 2/13/2009, 4:58 AM
I remember looking forward to her series "Tru Calling", and being SO disappointed. Hot, yes! But, she couldn't pull off THAT role; I realized that the entire effort behind that fiasco was that they were relying on building/keeping an audience solely because she IS hot, not because she can act.
I'm going to check out "Dollhouse" tonight, because it sounds interesting; but, if her acting hasn't improved in these five years, I'm not going to bother watching anything else starring Eliza.
Shaman
Shaman - 2/13/2009, 6:40 AM
What's up with these "teen angst" oriented chicks that want to grab the fanboy's attention and revamp their carreers!!! It's giving me an psychological wedgie!!!

First Eva Longoria then Douche-Ku... Who's next, freakin' Topanga from "Boy meets world"??? How'bout [frick] YOU!!!

NO NO NO, first off, obviously there should be a "romantic interest" between her and Tony... and how old is tony? FREAKIN' 45 years old!!! How the hell these teen chicks (regardless of their actuall age, it's how the freakin' look like) can think of getting that role is beyond me!!! Even Blunt was wrong for it!

Black Widow should at least look like she's in her 30ies, just like Pepper potts does. These actresses are who would be ideal for the role:

-Femke Jenssen
-Kate Beckinsale
-Milla Jovovich
-Charleze Theron
-etc, etc, etc, you get the drift!

One of them does stand out because of her work in Goldeneye and it's Femke Jenssen BUT she's Jean Grey and i'm pretty sure she ain't dead...yet. Milla's voice would suck for this character, it's too childish. Kate or Charleze would be perfect. I would personnaly prefer Charleze over Kate just because of her "presence" on screen. She can pull off a better "experienced seductive operative" than Kate.
thwip
thwip - 2/13/2009, 7:43 AM
hmmm...nobody's mentioned uma thurman. she's not my absolute favorite actress, but she's definitely the epitome of "i want to bang her right now" combined with "holy f*** she's gonna roundhouse kick my head off." and she's certainly a very dedicated actress, so i would trust the role in her hands, including adopting a believable russian accent.

and her older-but-i'd-still-touch-myself-while-watching-her-performance age would please the almighty shaman.
TheNameIsBetty
TheNameIsBetty - 2/13/2009, 7:46 AM
awww she's not even that hot.... :[

squirt
squirt - 2/13/2009, 7:48 AM
Id like to see Catherine Bell. Shes close to the age and shes smokin hot. shes also a good actress. and did i mention smokin hot?
WeaponX
WeaponX - 2/13/2009, 7:57 AM
Nice call on Kate Beckinsale. Eliza "Douche-Ku" (As Shaman hilariously called her - nice one by the way) although attractive, is just as well suited to this role as Rose McGowan is for Red Sonja. Which is an idea about as appealing as elephantiasis of the balls.
adamant877
adamant877 - 2/13/2009, 8:48 AM
I agree about Kate Beckinsale, perfect casting choice. Eliza Dushku, like most of your twenty something Hollywood crowd these days... obviously heavy in the looks department, but lacking in the talent.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 2/13/2009, 8:57 AM
Guys im not saying Dusku is an acting prodigy, but have any of you actually SEEN a Kate Beckinsale "performance"? yes shes hot and really looks the part of black widow, but if its down to talent shes 10 times more wooden as an actress than Dushku
loganoneil
loganoneil - 2/13/2009, 8:59 AM
iconstatic brings un an intriguing idea - what about Olga Kurylenko for the part? Why hire a Brit (who most of you agree doesn't even look the part and I doubt will do the action scenes justice), or an American with a limited acting range to play the Widow, when you can hire a real Russian chick to do it? She:

a. speaks the language, so there's no problem on authenticity of accent.

b. Is TOTALLY smoking hot (just watch 'Hitman' and try not to hit the 'Slo-Mo' button during her 'special' scenes, I dare you!).

c. can definately handle herself in the action department (just watch 'Quantum of Solace').

...and Shaman, while I agree there should be somthing between her and Tony, there's nothing wrong with casting a younger looking actress and portraying Stark as kind of a letch (they pretty much already established that he has no shame in the first film).
dbzfan
dbzfan - 2/13/2009, 10:16 AM
I agree that Kate Beckinsale is perfect for the role. We all know that she can play a bad ass.
Spock
Spock - 2/13/2009, 10:32 AM
Granted she is fine, but I prefer SoulEaters pick!
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 2/13/2009, 10:47 AM
What a badass like in Underworld? She spent the entire movie looking like she had wondered on set via a fetish shop, after tea and crumpets with Prince William!
jordomac
jordomac - 2/13/2009, 10:49 AM
Famke Janson is the best choice... Haven't any of you seen Golden eye. She basically played an evil, dark haired version of black widow. get with the program... though I wouldn't be upset if it was Kate Beckinsale
Osiris
Osiris - 2/13/2009, 11:27 AM
Eliza is a good actress, but JamesH have you seen buffy, her role as faith had the attitude of widow, farmboy she is 28 she is old enough, NoobMike she has been in more then wrong turn she was in buffy for all of season 3 and on and off in 4-7, also she was the main char in tru calling which lasted 2 seasons and she has been in several movies besides teen horror.

Now i don't know if she is perfect for the part but i would accept her in the role but a few ppl have mentioned good ol Kate Beckinsale now i love that women in underworld and she can pull off the leather and the fighting and she looks a lot like Widow but i don't know if she would go for the role because of how close it resembles Selene and she said in an interview that she is prob done w/ underworld because she doesn't want to play a char like that anymore, but if she did want it and took i would love it more then anything, everyone else that has been mentioned for this role besides these two are fail, esp Femke Jenssen i don't really care for her acting style and i really didn't like her as Jean Grey.
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