E! Online’s Ryan Seacrest talked to actress Eva Longoria during the red carpet run-up to the 2009 Golden Globes last, to talk to her about rumors regarding her appearing in the much-anticipated big-screen Marvel superhero team-up film, the film adaptation of “The Avengers.”

Longoria told Seacrest that the rumor regarding her being cast as Janet Van Dyne, aka the superheroine The Wasp, was “not true.” However, she did say that if the opportunity presented itself she would take the role.

The Wasp, also known as Janet van Dyne/Janet Pym is a founding member of the Marvel Comics team the Avengers, as was also known for being the unofficial “fashion queen” and costumer of the Marvel superhero community. With the power to shrink to insect size, fly, shoot “stinging” energy from her hands, and eventually grow to a giant size, she was a consistent Marvel character appearing in various titles, from her first appearance in “Tales To Astonish” to Marvel’s “Mighty Avengers” and the mega-crossover event “Secret Invasion”.

She was created in 1963 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and was the love interest of Henry Pym, the Avenger known as Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, and Yellowjacket. After her death in Marvel’s 2008 “Secret Invasion”, Pym himself adapted the “Wasp” name for himself.

“The Avengers” has a tentative July 2011 release date.

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By Costa Koutsoutis, (Source: MTV Splash Page)