Meet Captain America: Chris Evans (Johnny Storm)

There’s been plenty of speculation and trepidation, but now it looks like it’s official: We have a big-screen Captain America.

The Hollywood Reporter has all but proclaimed Chris Evans as the winner of the great Captain America casting call. Evans played Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four, and also had memorable roles in Sunshine and Cellular. I have no real thoughts about the chap one way or another. He’s a pretty-boy who can command the screen, with some superhero thrills on his resume. I would have preferred someone with some solid acting chops. I personally loved the calls for Jon Hamm to be given the gig.

But no doubt he would have wanted more money, and perhaps even a little more control, than Evans. Unnamed sources told THR that the negotiations went quick; the studio was eager, the actor was giddy, and now they’ve paired up to plunge deep into the Captain America universe. The contracts are reportedly almost signed and sealed. So now prepare to hear a whole lot more about Chris Evans: movie star.

Kudos sir, but we still have our doubts. How about the rest of you? Casting goldmine, or blunder?

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He’s a little too chipper for me.
richardsrussell

Hollywood casting came close to perfection with Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, and closer still with Patrick Stewart as Prof. Xavier, but it’s doubtful that they’ll ever top Christopher Reeve as Superman/Clark Kent.

Meanwhile, over on the female side, the pinnacles have been Madonna as Evita and Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft.

What I’m trying to figure out is how they’ll cast the Avengers movie if they need this guy for 2 different roles. Oh, well, I suppose that’s why God invented CGI.
charlieromeobravo

If they’re recycling actors for different roles in the kinda sorta same movie universe, I think think that’s a sign that they’re making too many of these movies.

I don’t have anything against Chris Evans. He was probably the best thing in two bad Fantastic Four movies and he’s been pretty decent in other films, he just seems too young and light weight to be Cap. Personally I was hoping for Mark Valley from Human Target but we’ll see.
bignumone

Man, CRB, those were my thoughts exactly!
Mark Valley has the build, all American looks, and the looks of CA from the comic books as I remember.
Although I don’t know what Chris Evans would do in a role like this, he seems pretty skinny for the role.
Oh, and Valley is a West Point grad, isn’t he? Come on, hollywood, get your head out of your liberal A**! CAPTAIN America doesn’t have to be a skinny little guy.
This is like casting Michael Keaton (or George Clooney) as batman! What a mistake!
There you go, just cast George as CA! You may as well totally blow it and make it a farcical comedy.
Oh, and have Guillermo del Toro direct it so it has some really cool eye candy but otherwise sucks.
scalhoun28

I think Jon Hamm would have been perfect, but like others said before, Evans (and Michael Chiklis as the Thing)was one of the only redeeming qualities of two bad Fantastic 4 movies. I think he can play a hero and really command a screen.

I think he will be good, but I just hope they don’t try and make this movie “cutesy” like they did with Fantastic 4. I want this to have a similar tone to Iron Man. First because Iron Man was amazing and second because it will make more sense to keep similar tones for The Avengers movie that is still expected.
charlieromeobravo

I like Jon Hamm a lot but I can’t see him as Captain America. He’s not blonde, that constant 5 o’clock shadow, his build, it just doesn’t say Cap to me.

Mark Valley practically is Captain America. According to his IMDB profile he graduated West Point with a math degree, served in Desert Storm, knows martial arts, he’s blonde, has the right physique. AND he’s 46, which I think would give him more gravitas than Evans.

Evans will need that gravitas for the Avengers movie if they plan on including the same dynamic between Captain America and Iron Man that we’ve seen in the comics. Downey is 45 and can do drama standing on his head. Evans needs to be able to do toe to toe with Downey for their relationship to work.
bacchus78

Hey, at least they didn’t give the role to Channing Tatum. Does anybody think that guy can act his way out of a wet paper bag?
bacchus78

Also, Evans is in another comic book movie this summer, The Losers. If that movie is anything like the comic it’s based on, it will rock.
scalhoun28

Mark Valley is a great option also. I was going on Hamm based on the acting prowess and while not perfect looks wise, he does have a larger, more athletic build and the hair is obviously not a big issue.

I do agree Mark Valley has the perfect look and can obviously play an action hero. He might not have the level of skill as Hamm in my opinion (which is not necessarily a knock against Valley as much as a compliment to Hamm), but he is a good actor in his own right. They both would have been great choices.

Although not my first choice, I do think Evans can play this right. My biggest concern is they don’t make this full of fluff and light hearted. It really should follow the mood and atmosphere similar to Iron Man so when their world combine, it seems more appropriate.