CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till release

Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by Captain Craig, Feb 4, 2010.

  1. Temis the Vorta

    Temis the Vorta Fleet Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Oct 30, 1999
    Location:
    Tatoinne
    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    That would be amazingly great casting. He has ridiculously perfect conventional good looks, is young enough for the role, and is a very talented actor (in both comedy and drama). Done properly, Cap should be one of the most challenging superhero roles for any actor to tackle.

    Another possibility that will send the fangirls squeeing: Jared Padalecki. :D He's even younger than McPartlin and has those cornfed looks.
     
  2. Obiwanshinobi

    Obiwanshinobi Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    Joined:
    Jan 1, 2003
    Location:
    ObiWanShinobi
    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    I still say Jon Ham, I know, I know, too old apparently and I havent seen Ryan McPartlin in anything but Chuck and Mad Men, although I think he and somebody like Ackles would be the lightweights compared to they heavy hitters like RDJ, Ed Norton, Samuel L. and Hemsworth I'm not all that familiar with either, but Caps is essentially fieldleader right?

    So I think they'll either cast somebody with a somewhat of a name, acting chops and box office appeal, which I'm starting to think it will turn out to be Sam WorthIngton, although he's freakn everywhere

    Man what if they did the unthinkable and cast Josh Hartnett or Ryan Phillippe or Joseph Gordon levitt, Josh duhamel
     
  3. TheBrew

    TheBrew Vice Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Oct 19, 2001
    Location:
    Fox Lady
    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    I would be okay with Josh Harnett because I think he can actually act and just gets stupid roles.

    But I am firmly in the McPartlin camp.
     
  4. Nerys Myk

    Nerys Myk A Spock and a smile Premium Member

    Joined:
    Nov 4, 2001
    Location:
    AI Generated Madness
    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    Don't watch Chuck, so I've ever really realy heard of the guy, but one google search later I'm all for McPartlin.
     
  5. Aragorn

    Aragorn Fleet Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Dec 30, 2002
    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    It's called acting for a reason.

    Of course, there's also a major double standard because hellfire would reign upon us if an American were to play a Brit in Harry Potter or James Bond.
     
  6. Greg Cox

    Greg Cox Admiral Premium Member

    Joined:
    May 12, 2004
    Location:
    Lancaster, PA
    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele


    I don't know. Nobody complained when Robert Downey Jr. was cast as Sherlock Holmes . . . .
     
  7. Aragorn

    Aragorn Fleet Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Dec 30, 2002
    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    Where did I say Sherlock Holmes? You even quoted my entire quote. People like to be selectively offended.

    Do you not remember when there was actual outrage over the idea that an American (Haley Joel Osment) would possibly play Harry Potter?

    And I'm not talking about just these kind of message boards where you'll always find someone who is against something.
     
  8. Nerys Myk

    Nerys Myk A Spock and a smile Premium Member

    Joined:
    Nov 4, 2001
    Location:
    AI Generated Madness
    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    Graham Norton did a funny bit about it when Downwy was on his show.
     
  9. Nerys Myk

    Nerys Myk A Spock and a smile Premium Member

    Joined:
    Nov 4, 2001
    Location:
    AI Generated Madness
    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    He wasn't offended, he just expanded the parameters by including a third icon British character.
     
  10. Bad Bishop

    Bad Bishop Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    Joined:
    Nov 23, 2001
    Location:
    The Land of Fruits and Nuts
    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    If a Brit is cast as Captain America, I hope he can do a better American accent than Gerard Butler or Colin Farrell.
     
  11. Admiral_Young

    Admiral_Young Fleet Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Feb 27, 2002
    Location:
    Gotham
    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    I always thought that Heath Ledger would have made a good Captain America after seeing him in "The Patriot". Brad Pitt always gets brought up because of his physique and looks. A poster asked about Sam Worthington...I would buy him as Steve. He mentioned as an aside during an interview recently that he knows how to hold a shield so he seems like he would be interested if he was asked.

    Have I mentioned that I hate the "First Avenger" sub-title?
     
  12. Greg Cox

    Greg Cox Admiral Premium Member

    Joined:
    May 12, 2004
    Location:
    Lancaster, PA
    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    Exactly. I wasn't offended. I was just pointing out that Holmes is about as iconically British a character as you can get, and yet audiences seemed to have accepted Downey in the part. So maybe that "double standard" is crumbling . . . .
     
    Last edited: Feb 7, 2010
  13. dru

    dru Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

    Joined:
    Jul 10, 2001
    Location:
    Rigel IV
    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    Actually(!) that's why Babe Ruth was so good at bat. There's a piece in the NYTimes archives from 1921 about studies done on him at Columbia.

    http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=990CE2DF153EEE3ABC4952DFBF66838A639EDE


    Who's rolling their eyes now? :p
     
  14. Nerys Myk

    Nerys Myk A Spock and a smile Premium Member

    Joined:
    Nov 4, 2001
    Location:
    AI Generated Madness
    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    Still me, because Babe Ruth can't dodge a bullet.
     
  15. Skywalker

    Skywalker Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Feb 24, 2005
    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    Nah, he'd just swing away and knock it back at the guy trying to shoot him. :lol:
     
  16. Aragorn

    Aragorn Fleet Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Dec 30, 2002
    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    Nah, he'd just swing away and knock it back at the guy trying to shoot him. :lol:[/QUOTE]

    Captain Robau is NOT amused. :rolleyes:

    :p
     
  17. Nerys Myk

    Nerys Myk A Spock and a smile Premium Member

    Joined:
    Nov 4, 2001
    Location:
    AI Generated Madness
    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    He'd point first.
     
  18. Obiwanshinobi

    Obiwanshinobi Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    Joined:
    Jan 1, 2003
    Location:
    ObiWanShinobi
    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    Well considering one is Irish and the other one is Scottish, them being Brits posing as yanks would be difficult, but semantics. So Daniel Craig as Captain America? Or at least Captain Britain in the next X Men installment
     
  19. Temis the Vorta

    Temis the Vorta Fleet Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Oct 30, 1999
    Location:
    Tatoinne
    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    He's Robert Downey Jr. To complain would reveal your total insanity. Still imagine him being proposed for a Harry Potter character. JK Rowling would have shit a brick! :rommie: Or James Bond. (That would be the one case in which I'd actually watch a Bond flick.)
     
  20. Bad Bishop

    Bad Bishop Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    Joined:
    Nov 23, 2001
    Location:
    The Land of Fruits and Nuts
    Re: CAPTAIN AMERICA-shooting July 2010:Casting, Rumors, Pics till rele

    You know, as soon as I used the term "Brit," I knew someone would come along and confuse it with "Englishman." Congratulations on being first!