Eliza Dushku was one of a short list of actors whose name was bandied about when the role of the Black Widow was being cast for Iron Man 2. Dushku lost out to Scarlett Johansson, and she recently sounded off about it to MTV, saying:
I think it went straight to Miss Thing. I get it, you know? I get it. She's pretty fierce.
Despite missing out on playing the Black Widow, Dushku could be portraying a movie action hero in the new future, if the Wet video game that was released last month is a big enough hit. Developed by Bethesda and A2M, Wet is an action shooter game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 that stars a ruthless female heroine in Rubi Malone. Dushku provided the voice of Malone for the Wet game and she said that she would be interested in taking the role to the next level by portraying Malone on the big screen.
Well, this video game Wet that I just did, is sorta ... she's got a working-class Lara Croft thing going on. And, she's pretty kick-ass. And she travels the globe and she's in Hong Kong and she's in the UK and she's a gun for hire and she's got two samurai swords. She's pretty vicious. So, that's been something that maybe could turn into a live-action Dushku vehicle.
Dushku is currently starring in Joss Whedon's Dollhouse TV series on Fox.