"nothing very interesting happens in well-lighted places."

her again?

Well I am just blogging all sorts of things today.

I read this item about Scarlett Johansson replacing Emily Blunt in the next Iron Man movie on Nikki Finke's blog this morning, and was totally disheartened. I had heard rumors about it elsewhere (perhaps from Finke, perhaps elsewhere), and was hoping some other actress (anyone, really) to fall from the sky and into the lap of the casting director. Or for something terrible to befall the over-employed Johansson (not like tragic-terrible, more like gain-a-bunch-of-weight or caught-in-an-embarrassing-scandal terrible).

Blunt is a far more interesting choice (not only can she act, but she's funny and mischevious and not a cookie cutter starlet). It's bad enough that we had to endure Johansson in Vicky Christina Barcelona (so joyless compared to the rest of the game cast). Why more? Why?

P.S. - I try not to make a habit of Finke's blog ... it was a must when I lived in LA, but now it's not crucial for my day-to-day (obvs). She's a course, overzealous, mean-spirited know-it-all. So it's kinda like reading a train wreck. Or, rather, a five car pile-up on Sunset.

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