Even though filming is still some time away, recently director Joe Johnston told MTV Splashpage a casting decision on who would portray Captain America in The First Avenger “was weeks away.” Well, weeks have gone by and according to Deadline Hollywood, the list of actors for the titular role has been narrowed down to five finalists.
The five front-runners for the role of Captain America are, according to the site, Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl), John Krasinski (The Office), Scott Porter (Friday Night Lights), Mike Vogel (Cloverfield) and Michael Cassidy (Smallville). All five actors have reportedly agreed to test deals with Johnston and Marvel Studios to try out for the role.
Not only must these actor agree to test for the role, if eventually cast, they must also sign for nine other options, including potential sequels to The First Avenger. This makes sense considering the upcoming Marvel movies and their desire to team them all for a potential Avengers movie in the future. Still, that’s a lot to negotiate.
Of course, fans everywhere have their personal favorites and I we have ours. Picking from this list as if these were the only choices, our first choice would be Smallville‘s Michael Cassidy. He’s able to do the action as well as being a pretty good actor as well, so he’d be good for the part.
Sadly, our favorite choice of all and not on this list, Joel Gretsch (The 4400, V), is probably too old now, even though he would be great in the part. No matter who they choose, let’s hope they take this movie as seriously and do as great a job on it as Marvel did with Iron Man. Cap deserves no less.
Who do you think should play Captain America in The First Avenger?
steven
February 25, 2010 at 7:03 pmi liked jensen ackles for the role its sad to see he came off the list
Ty
February 25, 2010 at 7:51 amMatt Battaglia (Universal Soldier 2) would be great in this part.
istrouma
February 25, 2010 at 7:43 amMy choice would be Billy Campbell, without the beard, buthe also is to old for Hollywood to cast. He is a much better actor than those mentioned. Second choice would be Chris Carmack.
Anthony
February 24, 2010 at 1:31 pmAll these guys seem young for the role. Surprised they aren’t talking about either one of the leads from Supernatural. My choice would have been Mark Valley (Human Target, Boston Legal) or Joel Gretsch (4400, V) but they are both too old for Hollywood and don’t have the pull of a Robert Downey Jr. or Don Cheadle to over come the age thing.
If I had to pick, I would go with Chace Crawford, but he’d have to bulk up Chris Hemsworth.