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Steve R. · #1 11-06-2009, 02:52 PM

Top 5 choices:

1. Matt Damon

2. Jake Gyllenhaal

3. Josh Lucas

4. Bradley Cooper

5. Patrick Wilson

Your thoughts?

Sarsoman · #2 11-06-2009, 02:54 PM

Too soon?

Steve R. · #3 11-06-2009, 02:56 PM

HA, he was Australian anyway.

Death Proof · #4 11-06-2009, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve R.

HA, he was Australian anyway.

So what? John Wayne once played Genghis Kahn. You're suggesting that an American HAS to be cast as Captain America?

Elivis Lives · #5 11-06-2009, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Admiral Cake

So what? John Wayne once played Genghis Kahn. You're suggesting that an American HAS to be cast as Captain America?

I'm not sure if you're kidding in this post or not so I'll just go ahead and specify.

Yes. Captain America MUST be American. There will be riots otherwise.

De4ective Detectiv3 · #6 11-06-2009, 03:46 PM

uhhh,

Big Coffin Hunter · #7 11-06-2009, 03:47 PM

Captain Awesome should be Captain America.

Addict · #8 11-06-2009, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Perry Cox

Too soon?

No, just too not-funny.

Elivis Lives · #9 11-06-2009, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Coffin Hunter

Captain Awesome should be Captain America.

This would be...Awesome.

Steve R. · #10 11-06-2009, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Admiral Cake

So what? John Wayne once played Genghis Kahn. You're suggesting that an American HAS to be cast as Captain America?

He's Captain AMERICA.......

Death Proof · #11 11-06-2009, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve R.

He's Captain AMERICA.......

As long as the person they hire looks like him, is a good actor and can speak English without using an accent, I don't give a damn if he's from Communist Russia.

Hank_Venture · #12 11-06-2009, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve R.

He's Captain AMERICA.......

So, he should be an illegal immigrant?

Death Proof · #13 11-06-2009, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Hank_Venture

So, he should be an illegal immigrant?

heh.

Good cop gone bad · #14 11-06-2009, 08:42 PM

Am I dreaming, or did the guy who played Kirk's dad in Star Trek already get the part of Captain America?

No, he got Thor. In which case, I nominate Chris Pine for Captain America.

NeverLookDown · #15 11-06-2009, 09:59 PM

I am Captain America!!!!!!!!

gilaskan · #16 11-06-2009, 10:05 PM

Thomas Kretschmann has the perfect blend of hard-edged masculinity and gentle vulnerability to play Captain America. He's German though, so I'm sure "some people" wouldn't want him to play Cap. Especially since he was born in East Germany- though, he was kind of a badass. At 19, he escaped East Germany on foot crossing 4 borders with no passport and less than $100 (modern equivalent, at least) on his person. He's also got a killer physique- as a high schooler, he was considered a young prospect for future Olympics as a swimmer.

People may also have trouble swallowing him as Captain America because he's been type-cast as a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Nazi soldier in 90% of his film career.

Mr. E · #17 11-06-2009, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve R.

Top 5 choices:

1. Matt Damon

2. Jake Gyllenhaal

3. Josh Lucas

4. Bradley Cooper

5. Patrick Wilson

Your thoughts?

Isn't CAP supposed to be big and strong?

Steve R. · #18 11-06-2009, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by NeverLookDown

I am Captain America!!!!!!!!

Dude, after i posted I totally thought of John Hamm too. He'd also be great.

Orlok · #19 11-06-2009, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Admiral Cake

So what? John Wayne once played Genghis Kahn. You're suggesting that an American HAS to be cast as Captain America?

Yes please.

Orlok · #20 11-06-2009, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Admiral Cake

So what? John Wayne once played Genghis Kahn. You're suggesting that an American HAS to be cast as Captain America?

Yes please.

Meow Skywalker · #21 11-06-2009, 11:57 PM

Poetic Graffiti · #22 11-07-2009, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by gilaskan

Thomas Kretschmann has the perfect blend of hard-edged masculinity and gentle vulnerability to play Captain America. He's German though, so I'm sure "some people" wouldn't want him to play Cap. Especially since he was born in East Germany- though, he was kind of a badass. At 19, he escaped East Germany on foot crossing 4 borders with no passport and less than $100 (modern equivalent, at least) on his person. He's also got a killer physique- as a high schooler, he was considered a young prospect for future Olympics as a swimmer.

People may also have trouble swallowing him as Captain America because he's been type-cast as a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Nazi soldier in 90% of his film career.

Eh ironically Captain America and the vast majority of the superheroes that were involved in the comic book propaganda war are the ideal men in Nazi aesthetics.

gilaskan · #23 11-07-2009, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Poetic Graffiti

Eh ironically Captain America and the vast majority of the superheroes that were involved in the comic book propaganda war are the ideal men in Nazi aesthetics.

Captain America may actually be the most egregious example- he doesn't have supernatural or extraordinary powers, he was an ordinary man who through the power of science achieved the peak physical conditions a man can ever have. Not crazy super-powers, but just the highest echelon of physical perfection a man can have. He's almost defines the Nazi ubermensch himself, plus he's a blond-haired, blue-eyed one who did it for love of his country.

Meow Skywalker · #24 11-07-2009, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by gilaskan

Captain America may actually be the most egregious example- he doesn't have supernatural or extraordinary powers, he was an ordinary man who through the power of science achieved the peak physical conditions a man can ever have. Not crazy super-powers, but just the highest echelon of physical perfection a man can have. He's almost defines the Nazi ubermensch himself, plus he's a blond-haired, blue-eyed one who did it for love of his country.

Thank you Ted. That was the joke.

Poetic Graffiti · #25 11-07-2009, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Meow Skywalker

Thank you Ted. That was the joke.

Maybe a joke in revisionist history, regardless of if we fought the Germany, that ideal man/woman has been present within Western Aesthetics for decades prior to WWII. He would have been drawn that way regardless, maybe absent blonde and blue.

JeetKuneDo · #26 11-07-2009, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Elivis Lives

I'm not sure if you're kidding in this post or not so I'll just go ahead and specify.

Yes. Captain America MUST be American. There will be riots otherwise.

I will suggest it won't be a problem if the role goes to a non-"American" (does that mean a Canadian, Mexican, or an actor from South America would qualify?).

Here's why: In the late 1930s, nothing was bigger than the book, Gone with the Wind. We really don't have a concept of just how big it was. When it was announced they were going to make a movie from the book it was equally big news. The casting of the film became an obsession. Polls were taken to see who people thought should play Rhett and Scarlett.

When it was announced they had cast a British actress to play Scarlett it created a stir. Once the movie was released however, no one complained (who could complain about Vivien Leigh's performance?). The ultimate proof that you cast the right actor and everything will work out.

I dare say the casting of Capt America carries only a tiny fraction of the public interest that Scarlett did. And if the actor does a good job, no one will care. (If he sucks though...d'oh!)