Some good news fol­low­ing the recent Nick Fury rev­e­la­tions, Vari­ety report that the British born Emily Blunt is the fron­trun­ner in talks to play Natasha Romanoff in Iron Man 2, the super-sexy Black Widow spy.

She’s a Soviet super­spy who dou­bles as Black Widow, a beauty in a skintight black cos­tume enhanced by high-tech weaponry.