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To be so lucky to have casting conflicts with two mega-movies as Emily Blunt talks with  Twentieth Century Fox  to join Jack Black and possibly Jason Segel in Gulliver’s Travels, the Rob Letterman-directed reimagining of the classic Jonathan Swift tale.

The conflict is that Blunt had already been offered the role of Black Widow in Iron Man 2, but that may not be able to play the role because of Gulliver’s Travels. Fox holds an option on the actress that was part of her deal when she co-starred in The Devil Wears Prada, and the studio may appeal to it to see that she takes part in the giant tale according to Variety.

What a problem! The actress to be so lucky, some never even get close to an audition.

The scheduling experts are trying to work it out so she can play both roles. Alas! That won’t be easy because the schedules overlap. Gulliver’s Travels is set to shoot in the U.K. in late March; Iron Man 2 is expected to begin shooting in early April in Manhattan Beach, Calif.

The scheduling problem looked futile and it seemed that Marvel Entertainment would have to go back to the drawing board to find an actress to play Natasha Romanoff, the Soviet superspy who moonlights as Black Widow, a beauty in a skintight black costume enhanced by high-tech weaponry. But by late Thursday, it looked like Fox and Blunt’s reps were feeling more optimistic that she could do both projects.

To re-familiarize you with Gulliver’s Travels, Black will play Lemuel Gulliver, a travel writer who takes an assignment to the Bermuda Triangle and washes up on the island of Lilliput, where he’s a giant among the tiny population. Blunt will play a Lilliputian princess and Black’s love interest. Segel will play Horatio, Gulliver’s best friend from Lilliput who helps rescue Gulliver when he’s captured.

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