First Details On The Captain America Movie

Currently, we have all of our Avengers casted except for the original Avenger. Well Joe Johnston, director of The First Avenger: Captain America, spoke with the LA Times about some of the plot points to the script and who they are casting to wear the red, white and blue suit.

Seems like Cap with be rocking the flag suit for the film and Mr. Johnston says that,

“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,” the director said. “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.”

But Cap grows frustrated with being a reluctant performer in the United Services Organizations, the Times reports, and he eventually goes AWOL from the USO because he wants to serve on the battlefield. After initially covering up his costume, Johnston said Cap “realizes the value of the uniform symbols but he modifies his suit and adds some armor, it will be closer to the Cap costume in some of the comics in more recent years.” Expect the later suit to have more muted colors and for the red stripes across Cap’s mid-section to be straps rather than striped fabric. Johnston believes this USO explanation for Cap’s costume is the only way to justify the film character wearing such an outfit in “real” life.

As for casting, Johnston reveals that they are currently testing five or six actors for the title role, ranging in age from 23 to 32. Reason for the age difference is that they want someone who is a little older than the typical World War II GI who was in their late teens when they enlisted. Johnston also hopes to have the role casted before he leaves for London on March 1 to begin pre-production. The First Avenger starts filming in late June.

[Source: IGN via LA Times]