An actress making a public plea for a role isn't always the best thing (just ask Sean Young). Eliza Dushku learned this lesson well. Back in early 2009 the actress appeared on the Howard Stern Show where she mentioned that she would love to play Black Widow in the then-upcoming Iron Man sequel. The actress pleaded: Theyre doing Iron Man 2, and Im so perfect for the Black Widow character, that they just need to get into it. They need to understand I just learned Russian because I had to play a Russian girl in Dollhouse. Maybe we could all tell them. Lets get on a Black Widow Iron Man 2 campaign. When the role ultimately went to Scarlett Johansson she was asked about it by MTV: "I had read about it - I'm a huge Downey Jr. fan and also Favreau - but I think they had it packaged up at the studio." Better luck next time Eliza.
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