You can pass this Blunt my way any time.....

I know, I know. An easy double entendre is a terrible thing to waste, though....

The Devil Wears Prada is one of those flicks that gets the immediate attention-paid whenever its on the tube. Not ashamed to admit it, despite it being a pure "chick flick." The whole magazine publishing aspect of the thing, mixed with my ever-growing appreciation of Anne Hathaway (looking the other way, Bride Wars....just disappear, for the love of Christ), Meryl Streep's ice-queen pristine, and the generally pleasant nature. I've seen it a good ten times, and it maintains its charms every go-round.

Best guilty-pleasure chick flick in years? Could very well be. Though, I still consider flicks like The Descent, High Tension, and even Kill Bill to be women-friendly, but I've been met with heavy amounts of ridicule for such beliefs. Whatever.

The Devil Wears Prada has one hell of a secret weapon, though; a magnetic beauty queen who's on the verge of bigger and more recognizable things: Emily Blunt.



From right out under Hathaway's pale-but-sexy frame, Blunt pilfered scenes left and right as the paranoid, overworked girl being eclipsed by Hathaway's new assistant character, and actually left me wishing that she'd be the film's lead, not the unfortunate future star of Bride Wars. She's from London, and has that ear-massaging accent (which is surprising, 'cause typically English tongue-sounds grate). And great news poked its head last year when she got cast as the female lead in Benicio Del Toro's upcoming The Wolf Man, which rests next to Inglourious Basterds at the tippy of my 2009 Must List.

No more dreck the caliber of that shitty ghosts-on-the-open-road disaster Wind Chill for her. Good thing, too, because I'd give anybody a crisp $10 bill if they can sit through Wind Chill from beginning to end credits.

And now, word is that she's about to join the increasingly fierce cast of Iron Man 2 (which already houses Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Gwyneth Paltrow, and if all goes well Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, and Tim Robbins). If Blunt gets down, she'll play Black Widow, known by her non-suited friends as "Natasha." Black Widow is a Russian spy who sports skintight black leather, and always looks hot while cocking state-of-the-art weaponry. Yes, please.



Jon Favreau and Marvel aren't playing around with Iron Man 2. And why should they, really? Thanks to The Dark Knight, superhero cinema is in a whole new realm, one where the scope of pursuable actors is pretty limitless, and respected chicks like Ms. Blunt are within reach. No more settling for Alicia Silverstone types (go rewatch Batman & Robin some time, btw....even more astonishingly awful than ever before).

Expect much more Emily Blunt love coming from yours truly from here on out. In fact, how about one more pic? Sure.



That's nice.