Sunday 7 February 2010

The stars and stripes

Producers of the forthcoming movie, Captain America: The First Avenger knew they had a problem with the iconic costume. Unlike Batman, where the black suits lends itself well for the transition from comic book to silver screen, Cap's costume is little more than the stars and stripes and could leave theatregoers giggling. The producers have tweaked the characters origin somewhat and come up with a great explanation for the suit.

"The costume is a flag, but the way we're getting around that is we have Steve Rogers forced into the USO circuit. After he's made into this super-soldier, they decide they can't send him into combat and risk him getting killed. He's the only one and they can't make more. So they say, 'You're going to be in this USO show' and they give him a flag suit. He can't wait to get out of it." Director Joe Johnson.

The news the fans are waiting for is who will be cast as the super-soldier?

"Well, we're testing five or six guys," Johnston said. "The youngest is 23, the oldest is 32. Most of the guys in the war are just kids, 18 or 19, but we want to go a little bit older. We have to have somebody locked in before I leave March 1 for London."

A challenge, he said, is finding an actor that can play scenes as "98-pound-weakling" Steve Rogers and also pull off the brawny hero scenes, although some visual effects wizardry will come into play. Johnson has plenty of experience on that front as the director of "Jumanji," "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" and "Jurassic Park III" He also had art director credits on major Lucasfilm projects, including "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "The Empire Strikes Back."

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