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| Cobie Smulders |
Marvel announced that they will have screen-tests for a final supporting character in the upcoming Joss Whedon-directed movie "The Avengers". As explained by Samuel L. Jackson on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, they are currently looking for a key member of espionage agency by Nick Fury (the character played by Jackson). People speculated that the role will be an Avenger member Janet van Dyne/ The Wasp, but Marvel hasn't confirmed anything about this.
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| Jessica Lucas |
Morena Baccarin worked with Whedon in the sci-fi TV series "Firefly", and is set to star in the movie version of it, "Serenity". She's quite known in US, but for me who lives in Indonesia, this actually the first time I heard about her. But she has an advantage here, because she already knew and worked with the director.
Jessica Lucas might be known from her role in "Melrose Place" series, but I first noticed her in JJ Abram's 2008 'revolutionary' movie "Cloverfield" (she's one of the four leading actors, and as I remember, she's the only one who succeed to get away from Manhattan by helicopter before it was bombed).
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| Mary Elizabeth Winstead |
Last but not least is Cobie Smulders. For those who often see her on TV, yes, she's the star of "How I Met Your Mother", played a Canadian living in the US, Robin Scherbatsky. She hasn't starred in any major movies yet, and if she got picked up for "The Avengers", this will be her biggest hit.
About "The Avengers" itself, the cast of previous Marvel heroes movies will gather here. Robert Downey Jr will play Iron Man, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Captain America, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, and Mark Ruffalo as Hulk (who replaced Edward Norton).
