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Captain America....casting and thoughts
There is little news about the movie. Aside from having a screenwriter and producer. The project still lacks a director and cast. Shooting is planned to start mid next year though.
Do you think a captain America could work? I think in todays war focused society, his story could work very well, as long as liberties were taken to contemperise his character.
Do you think his costume would translate well from comic to film? Personally i cant see a soldier outfitted in essentially a scaled american flag, and a helmet with wings.
If they changed the costume with a more realistic special op's tone (which they probably will) do you think that would be an injustice to the character or just an attempt to justify his character in relation to a contemperary realistic story ?
LAstely....who the frick should play as the super soldier?
Yeah I think you hit the nail on the head there. Yeah I also think they should change the custome slightly. I dont think this is an insult I think people have to bear in mind what people wear in comics doesnt necceasrily look believable on-screen.
Ultimate Cap is a good idea of how his costume should really look, with the helmet & ammo packs.
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A Captain America movie should work. He may be an unknown actor. Right now I'm nbot sure whom should portray Steve Rogers/Capt. America. As for his costume, the costume he has always worn. In today's world a Cap America could work. Especially if it is done right.
Thomas Jane leaps from being a skull-wearing vigilante to a super solider...
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So many wrestlers have been passed up for roles like this, because they can't act. Dwayne Johnson is the only one who's an OK actor in a lead; the others are best as background characters, like Tyler Mane playing Sabretooth.
Kevin McKidd from ROME? I would sooner cast him as The Red Skull, than Cap.
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I see Kevin McKidd, and I'm reminded of Simon Pegg. Would you cast Simon Pegg as Captain America?
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I see your point of simon pegg, but am bewildered how you arrive to that comparison lol. Mckidd has a screen presence to me, but most importantly he just looks the part for me, and considering he is a fine actor im sold. However, im going only off of his performance in Rome, but i think thats enough. "I am the son of Hades!" Not like this casting choice holds any possibility or ever will
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I like The Rock as Cap. Yeah, he doesn't have the typical blond-blue-eyed ubermensch look that one normally associates with Cap, but he has the build, the physical ability, and the acting chops to pull it off. The only foreseeable problem with that casting is that it might be hard to buy the idea of a racially-diverse American champion in the WWII era...but that could also be used to the filmmakers' advantage (see below)...
As for the costume, I agree that something more along the lines of Ultimate Cap would work better, with a special-ops sort of feel and the various associated utility packs, etc.
For that matter, if I were writing it, I would be more likely to use the Ult. Cap story for background, etc. I'd even use the Colonel as the main villain instead of the Red Skull...because face it, a Captain America movie will sell better if the bad guy somehow ties into the current world situation...
I think that, in the end, the emphasis of the movie should not so much be on the whole "America conquers all" angle as much as the culture-shock thing. Not that the patriotic angle is necessarily somehow flawed, but as a writer/director/actor I'm more interested in how Cap learns to relate to a world that has moved on: new values, new weapons, new enemies, etc...
Everyone he knew has either died or grown old, the face of the culture has changed, people are now much more tolerant of diversity (works with either The Rock as Cap or a white actor, just a matter of execution), the political climate is vastly different, and America has a new enemy...
But yeah, I could also see Thom Jane as Cap...
Seann William Scott could probably pull it off if only he would tone down the whole "goofy-stoner" act...
Could work, but IMHO he's still a bit thin...when I think of Cap, I picture someone with a more muscular physique to help establish the results of the SS formula...
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Aug 5th, 2007 04:15 PM
Yeah I also think they should change the custome slightly. I dont think this is an insult I think people have to bear in mind what people wear in comics doesnt necceasrily look believable on-screen.
Get him! Serioulsy though, why not?
