According to a report in The Hollywood Reporter “Fantastic Four” star Chris Evans is now director Joe Johnston’s (“The Wolfman”) first choice for the lead in “The First Avenger: Captain America”.
It is being stated by THR that Marvel Studios has already given Evans an offer to play Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, but no word yet from Evans or his representatives if he will be going for it.
The hesitation on Evans’ part is understandable since he is currently in production with “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” and an upcoming romantic comedy project with actress Anna Faris titled “What’s Your Number” which is to occur around the same time as the shooting for Captain America. One last thing that could cause a scheduling problem for the actor is his need to sign an exclusive with Marvel that would require him to make cameos in such future Marvel projects such as “Nick Fury,” “Thor” and “The Avengers,” as well as any possible future “Iron Man” sequels after this second film with Robert Downey Jr.
All these scheduling details would need to be ironed out before Evans can give a definitive yes to Captain America.
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Man, I was really pulling for Awesome
Are you kidding? They couldn’t pick a more terrible actor. What a waste.
I’ve seen the boy act. This is something I would call a “bad fit”.
He’s one of those actors that works better when he has a foil to play off of. The on-screen chemistry between him and Michael Chiklis were the best parts of both Fantastic Four movies. The only way him as Cap could work is if they give him a good actor for a sidekick.
From what I’ve heard of the script, he seems to be the right actor to pull it off. Like Michael Keaton, I plan to be pleasantly surprised. He’s young enough, built enough and has the charisma to pull off a younger, in his early days, version of Cap.
This makes sense.
I thought he did a pretty good job in “Sunshine” so I’ll give him a chance.