scarlett johansson played agent romanoff in iron man 2.
scarlett johansson played agent romanoff in iron man 2.
who plays agent romanoff in iron man 2?
scarlett johansson
casting began in october 2008 with downey's signing. though don cheadle was also reported to be reprising his "iron man 2" role of war machine for "the avengers", he later stated that he did not think the character would appear in the film. at the same time, two major prospects occurred for marvel: jon favreau was brought in as an executive producer for the film, and the company signed a long-term lease with raleigh studios to produce three other big-budget films—"iron man 2", "thor" (2011), and "" (2011)—at their manhattan beach, california complex. lou ferrigno, who voiced hulk in "the incredible hulk", stated that he would be involved in the film. in february 2009, samuel l. jackson signed a nine-picture deal with marvel entertainment to play nick fury in "iron man 2" and other films. in september 2009, edward norton, who played bruce banner in "the incredible hulk" stated that he was open to returning in the film. the next month, executive producer jon favreau stated that he would not direct the film, but would "definitely have input and a say". favreau also expressed concerns, stating, "it's going to be hard, because i was so involved in creating the world of iron man, and iron man is very much a tech-based hero, and then with "avengers" you're going to be introducing some supernatural aspects because of thor... [mixing] the two of those works very well in the comic books, but it's going to take a lot of thoughtfulness to make that all work and not blow the reality that we've created". in march 2009, actress scarlett johansson replaced emily blunt in portraying natasha romanoff in "iron man 2", a deal that subsequently attached her to "the avengers". the following day, marvel announced that the film's release date had been pushed back to may 4, 2012, almost a full year later. chris hemsworth and tom hiddleston joined the film's cast in june, returning as thor and loki, respectively.
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bullet::::- he returns as the main character in the 2010 live-action movie iron man 2, which is set six months after the events of iron man. stark has become a superstar and uses his iron man suit for peaceful means, resisting government pressure to sell his designs. he reinstitutes the stark expo to continue his father's legacy, but discovers that the palladium core in the arc reactor that keeps stark alive and powers the armor is slowly poisoning him. growing increasingly reckless and despondent about his impending death, stark appoints pepper potts ceo of stark industries, and hires stark employee natalie rushman to replace her as his personal assistant. stark competes in the monaco historic grand prix, and is attacked mid-race by ivan vanko, who wields electrified whips. stark dons his mark v armor and defeats vanko, but the suit is severely damaged. vanko explains his intent to prove that iron man is not invincible. stark's rival, justin hammer, fakes vanko's death while breaking him out of prison and asks him to build armored suits to upstage stark. at his birthday party, stark gets drunk while wearing the mark iv suit. rhodes dons stark's mark ii prototype armor and tries to restrain him. the fight ends in a stalemate, so rhodes confiscates the mark ii for the u.s. air force. nick fury reveals that "rushman" is agent natasha romanoff, that howard stark was a s.h.i.e.l.d. founder whom fury knew personally, and that vanko's father anton jointly invented the arc reactor with howard stark, but tried to sell it for profit. howard stark had anton deported, and the soviets sent him to the gulag. stark discovers a hidden message in the diorama of the 1974 stark expo, a diagram of the structure of a new element, which stark synthesizes. when he learns vanko is still alive, he places the new element in his arc reactor. at the expo, hammer unveils vanko's armored drones, led by rhodes in a heavily weaponized version of the mark ii armor. stark arrives in the mark vi armor to warn rhodes, but vanko remotely takes control of both the drones and rhodes' armor and attacks iron man. after romanoff is able to return control of the mark ii armor to rhodes, stark and rhodes together defeat vanko and his drones. at a debriefing, fury informs stark that because of stark's difficult personality, s.h.i.e.l.d. intends to use him only as a consultant. stark and rhodes receive medals for their heroism.
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