Once touted by What Culture as a good choice to play Lois Lane in Warner Bros/DC’s “Superman: The Man of Steel” (a role that Amy Adams instead landed), the Marvel filmic universe instead beckons for Rebecca Hall.

Variety says “The Town” and “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” star has landed the female lead role in the soon to be shooting “Iron Man 3″, replacing Jessica Chastain who had to pass over scheduling. Hall will play Maya Hansen, a scientist working with Guy Pearce’s baddie Dr. Aldrich Killian who creates the virus “Extremis”, which is at the heart of the threequel’s story.

Although we should remember that Pearce isn’t the main bad guy of the film. That part Ben Kingsley has landed, we think as Mallen, a villain responsible for the nanobots who take over Tony Stark’s DNA.

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