# IRON MAN 2 - Casting News

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-man-2-casting-news/489338>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 13, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-man-2-casting-news/489338 "2009-03-13T15:50:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-man-2-casting-news/489338/1 "2009-03-13T15:50:17Z")

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[Some news on the Iron Man sequal…](http://www.movie-moron.com/?p=4653)

**Scarlett Johannsen** has signed on to play \*\*Black Widow \*\*and the much rumored \*\*Mickey Rourke \*\*addition looks like it’s happening, and he’ll be playing villian \*\*Whiplash \*\*(or actually a combination of Whiplash and the **Crimson Dynamo**.)

Thoughts?

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**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-man-2-casting-news/489338/2 "2009-03-13T16:13:03Z")

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I know it says their using the Romanoff version (probably from the Ultimate Universe), but Scarlett’s a dead ringer for the Yelena Belova version of Black Widow.

Emily Blunt would have been a much better choice, IMHO.