A New Look at Scarlett Johansson and Others in 'Iron Man 2'!
Filed under: Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels, Images
When the first glimpse of Scarlett Johansson in Iron Man 2 hit last week, it was surprisingly hard to recognize the actress in her red-headed Black Widow-wear. I'm not sure anyone expected that much of a transformation. Now we can see what Natasha Romanoff looks like when she's not in her Widow ensemble, and for better or worse, Johansson is a whole lot easier to spot.The image to the right debuted over at Yahoo (go there for the full image), and as you can see, it's 100% Johansson. That's not exactly a bad thing since she's not in her head-to-toe black fighter-wear -- no matter what the clothing is, she's looking cool. But the image is such a small part of this whole project that this doesn't say a whole lot about her casting overall. I wouldn't be surprised if she can do the physical stunts required of her, but the accent. Oh, that accent. Does any other fear for the sequel outweigh what Natasha will sound like?
Nevertheless, Jon Favreau was smart -- instilling hope and excitement to nullify any Johansson pessimism before we see, and hear, more. But even with kinder thoughts ... do you think Scarlett can pull off the Russian sound?
Also, in addition to these photos, USA Today has published another set. See two below the jump.
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7-22-2009 @ 9:41AM
Jay said...
I've never noticed before but she has kind of an ugly nose. But that's OK -- that I'm just now noticing it means that it's right for her face.
I'm not married or anything, and I've never cheated on a woman, but damn, she's the kind of sexy-office-minx any man would fantasize about cheating with.
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7-22-2009 @ 10:44AM
Mike said...
I didn't think her "transformation" was all that dramatic. They just dyed the chick's hair and put her in a costume. Not much different than what they'd do on any other movie she's in.
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7-22-2009 @ 11:18AM
danmac said...
she fine
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7-22-2009 @ 11:36AM
Chet said...
Most people get their idea of what a Russian accent sounds like from TV and movies... where Russian accents usually aren't subtle or nuanced. Honestly, a bad over-the-top Russian accent would fit right in to the source material, so I don't see how Ms Johansson can screw it up.
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7-22-2009 @ 12:41PM
CParis said...
"Nevertheless, Jon Favreau was smart -- instilling hope and excitement to nullify any Johansson pessimism before we see, and hear, more. But even with kinder thoughts ... do you think Scarlett can pull off the Russian sound?"
Does anyone think that 90% of the fanboys/men who will be lining up for this could care less whether Scarlett Johansson has a plausible Russian accent? I doubt the Russians will even care.
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