Capt. America to be played by the Human Torch?

20-03-10

Tying in nicely to my post on Iron Man and The Avengers Initiative, today it has been leaked that a potential for the role of Captain America and the subsequent spin-offs is none other than Chris Evans. No, not the ginger douchebag off the radio, but the actor who portrayed Johnny Storm in another Marvel flick, Fantastic 4.

Many including myself were expecting a relatively unknown actor to fill the shoes of the first Avenger, although many actors have been rumoured to be connected to the role including the likes of The Office joker John Krasinski, and Ryan Phillippe. Although I do wonder about Everyman Krasinski being able to portray one of America's most iconic superhero's, whilst the same can be said of Phillippe who stand's at a mere 5'9'' and so far his largest claim to fame so far is starring in teen slasher flick I Know What You Did Last Summer, and marrying Reese Witherspoon of course...

Evans, Phillippe and Krasinski, all rumoured for the part.

So maybe Evans isn't such a bad idea, having superhero experience under his belt already, although no doubt it's going to ruffle a few feather of some of the more hardcore fans.

Personally I'm more excited about the prospect of Hugo Weaving playing the baddy- Redskull. Hopefully there will be lots of wordy monologues for Hugo to lecture the Captain with, because we all know he's fantastic at them.