![]() Blunt finds herself almost the last (wo)man standing when it comes to Hollywood’s A-list, though it’s still hard to imagine – say – Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt or Meryl Streep pulling on the spandex. If there was ever a nasty whiff of naffness around comic-book movies – the air of cheeseball inelegance that gave Michael Keaton’s Riggan Thomson the shivers in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman – it has very much disappeared in the wake of Marvel’s remarkable critical success over the last 13 years. Hell, even DC is making some decent films these days, albeit at the second attempt. If anything, Disney+ has extended the shelf-life of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, rather than signalling its impending demise as a result of superhero overload. Loki, the latest show about to hit Disney+, released its first trailer this week and already looks more than a match for the brain-bending Wandavision and daring, incisively topical Falcon and the Winter Soldier, with Tom Hiddleston clearly embracing the opportunity to go full god of mischief. Moreover, Marvel’s recent ventures on to the small screen suggest the superhero genre has much to offer the episodic format. That Blunt isn’t keen on joining the MCU, while peers of the calibre of Samuel L Jackson, Brie Larson, Downey Jr and Mark Ruffalo have all signed up might raise some eyebrows. In general, I don’t race to see superhero movies. It would just have to be something so cool … and then I would be interested. It’s not that it’s only the movies, it’s all the TV shows as well.”īlunt added: “And it’s not to say that I would never want to play one. “It would have been amazing, but I don’t know if superheroes are for me. ![]() I loved Iron Man, and I wanted to work with Robert Downey Jr,” she told the radio host. But in an interview with Howard Stern this week, the actor also made it clear that she has never been particularly enthusiastic about superhero movies, having previously turned down the role of Black Widow. According to Blunt herself, she’s not even been approached for the role, despite rumours that she and actor husband John Krasinski are in line to portray Storm and husband Reed Richards (Mister Fantastic). ![]()
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