I thought the casting of Scarlett Johansson as The Black Widow in IRON MAN 2/THE AVENGERS was a bit shit. A bit obvious. Surely the Widow should be a tall, slim, fashionista looking character? Johansson - great rack, but surely more the hot but quirky girl-next-door type? More of a Gwen Stacey than a Natasha Romanov? My affection for the two Marvel Knights Richard K Morgan/Bill Sienkiewicz/Sean Phillips mini-series meant I viewed the character as a composite of Jennifer Garner from ALIAS (a dream casting ruined, of course, by another couple of Marvel movies, from a crappier time and place), and Sophie Marceau (another actress who has played an "Elektra", in THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH). And Sienkiewicz has himself never topped ELEKTRA: ASSASSIN. Basically, via this ramble, I think I see the Widow as, done right, the legit Marvel Elektra. Ah, clarity.
Anyway, where the hell is this going? Och aye: the latest French Vogue cover reveals maybe it wasn't such awful casting after all.
