Captain America Casting

[TPiddy]

Anyone else a little disappointed with Chris Evans as Cap? It's started a huge convo amongst fans and I was wondering what the escapists thoughts were on the casting.

Personally I would have preferred Jon Hamm [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358316/] as Cap.

Am I way off base in that assessment?

 

[JaredXE]

Agreed, I'm rather disappointed in the choice as well.

Cap has ALWAYS been a more serious person, he's had to be and his backstory provides this. Casting Chris "Extreme Mountain Dew/Doritos X-Games Bitches!" Evans is ridiculous. He doesn't have the gravitas to pull it off and I have never seen him in a serious role where he plays someone other than the same damned character that made him great for Johnny Storm.....but NOT Cap.

 

[TPiddy]

Agreed, I'm rather disappointed in the choice as well.

Cap has ALWAYS been a more serious person, he's had to be and his backstory provides this. Casting Chris "Extreme Mountain Dew/Doritos X-Games Bitches!" Evans is ridiculous. He doesn't have the gravitas to pull it off and I have never seen him in a serious role where he plays someone other than the same damned character that made him great for Johnny Storm.....but NOT Cap.

Exactly.... "Losers", his role in Scott Pilgrim, Johnny Storm... he plays the same type of cocky punk character and that doesn't fly with Cap. I felt that Jon Hamm's work on Mad Men would lend itself well to the Cap character, being that most of the film takes place in the 40's anyhow.

 

[TPiddy]

Bah! They should totally have cast Neil Patrick Harris as Cap! Well him or Ryan Reynolds... Screw you! Hes a funny actor!

I think Ryan Reynolds has enough superhero roles lined up

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

I think this movie will fail. There's been several movies made based around the Captain and all of them have failed miserably. History will be repeating themselves yet again.

 

[Lust]

Anyone else a little disappointed with Chris Evans as Cap? It's started a huge convo amongst fans and I was wondering what the escapists thoughts were on the casting.

Personally I would have preferred Jon Hamm [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358316/] as Cap.

Am I way off base in that assessment?

Even though I haven't really watched Mad Men, I think that Jon Hamm would make a better Cap. He just has that look.

Besides, I think Chris Evans seems a little goofy. I could understand if he were to play Deadpool, but, Captain America? I dunno.......