Chris Evans cast as Captain America

Chris Evans is Captain America in the Marvel Studios comic book universe and Iron Man up there isn’t very happy. Naw, I just like that panel from Civil War so I posted it. But honestly out of all the people on the short list, Evans was probably one of the better choices on that list (If Channing Tatum had gotten the role, I would have punched myself). Sure, some people might have a hard time erasing the actor’s previous take as member of the Fantastic Four, Johnny Storm aka Human Torch but since that is a whole other universe (Fox owns the rights to those films) it shouldn’t be very hard. Honestly, I have to side with artist Alex Ross who was on the same boat as I was: get Jon Hamm as Cap. Unfortunately, they decided to go young. I kinda feel bad for Evans as the rumor is he had to sign a low-ball deal that will find him getting paid $300,000 and forced into a 9-picture option deal. As bad as you can feel for a guy making $300,000 of course. The film will start shooting this summer and is set for a July 22, 2011 release date. So what do you think? You think Evans will be able to pull it off or would you have liked to see someone else cast?

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  1. Well, here we are, 2 years later and ‘The Avengers’ is tearing it up at the box office, with Evans’ ‘Captain America’ character stepping up in grand fashion. If hindsight is truly 20/20, then I have to say whatever my initial misgivings may have been, those are gone. I cant see anyone else wielding the shield but Evans, at this point.

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