Emily Blunt Recalls ‘Heartbreak’ of Losing Black Widow Role, Says There Are Too Many Superhero Movies Now

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Emily Blunt is not joining Hollywood’s superhero squad any time soon.“It’s not that it’s beneath me,” Blunt, 38, said on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show on Tuesday, May 11. “I love Iron Man and when I got offered Black Widow, I was obsessed with Iron Man.

I wanted to work with Robert Downey Jr. — it would’ve been amazing … but I don’t know if superhero movies are for me.

They’re not up my alley. I don’t like them. I really don’t.”Blunt was offered the part of Black Widow, who is now played by Scarlett Johansson, in 2010’s Iron Man 2.

Hollywood has since pumped out dozens of superhero blockbusters, and that’s part of the problem for the Golden Globe winner.“It’s been exhausted,” she explained. “We are inundated — it’s not only all the