First Avenger Should Captain America be played by an American actor??

[chiefchirpa]

I'm not American but I voted Cap should be American to avoid controversy.

 

[Rage]

I voted that the nationality of Cap is not important...that being said, if the 2 actors up for the role were equal in every way except one was a brit and one was an American, I'd have to go with the american (as the tie breaker)

I just don't think that being american should be one of the criteria for playing the role.

Rage

 

[Ronny Shade]

I think it would be interesting to see (of the 65% that voted pro-american actor) how many of those posters are American vs. non-american.

Having lived in the US (pre 911) I know how unbelievably patriotic americans are. Most (not all) patriotic to almost the point of ignorance of other countries and cultures. I remember telling my American buds all kinds of tall tales about Canada, and they just believed every word.

I don't know if it is any better now with the advances the internet had made, but back in the mid 90s... the people I knew at college had no clue about other countries.

I am american.

I voted american actor.

I'm not very patriotic.

 

[HulkStomps!]

I feel that since Cap is a fictional character, it's really not important weather the actor picked, is from this country or not. Just as long as he does an awesome, and BELIEVABLE job representing my country.

 

[The Englishman]

I am american.

I voted american actor.

I'm not very patriotic.

I Thought all Americans were Patriotic, in fact OTT Patriotic??

 

[WeaponXProject]

I Thought all Americans were Patriotic, in fact OTT Patriotic??

Why does everybody think that? When I was in college about half my friends (all americans) hated america for who we are and what we have done in last 40 years.

 

[Ronny Shade]

I Thought all Americans were Patriotic, in fact OTT Patriotic??

lies. what does OTT stand for.

 

[The Englishman]

Why does everybody think that? When I was in college about half my friends (all americans) hated america for who we are and what we have done in last 40 years.

Just going by the Americans i met in Mexico...

lies. what does OTT stand for.

OTT = Over The Top

 

[Ronny Shade]

definite lies

 

[WeaponXProject]

Just going by the Americans i met in Mexico...

OTT = Over The Top

Typical stereotyping right there.

 

[The Englishman]

Typical stereotyping right there.

But they were real Americans who i actually met,spoke to and drank with, not all of them but alot of them.....

 

[BestGirl]

I think it would be interesting to see (of the 65% that voted pro-american actor) how many of those posters are American vs. non-american.

Most are probably American. I can't imagine non-Americans caring about the actor's nationality. I'm an American though and I don't care what country Cap's portrayer comes from.

 

[WeaponXProject]

But they were real Americans who i actually met,spoke to and drank with, not all of them but alot of them.....

So you met a few *****ebagges. That's it.

 

[Ronny Shade]

lol "they were real americans"

I didn't think we were that hard to come by

 

[jab1118]

I think it would be interesting to see (of the 65% that voted pro-american actor) how many of those posters are American vs. non-american.

Having lived in the US (pre 911) I know how unbelievably patriotic americans are. Most (not all) patriotic to almost the point of ignorance of other countries and cultures. I remember telling my American buds all kinds of tall tales about Canada, and they just believed every word.

I don't know if it is any better now with the advances the internet had made, but back in the mid 90s... the people I knew at college had no clue about other countries.

I agree most americans are pretty ignorant of other countries and cultures I had a girl from new zealand go to my high school for a year and people could not comprehend the fact that she lived in a real city and not on a farm in middle earth. And **** im guilty of it how many americans can name the leaders of other countries in the world i couldnt name 3 but the rest of the world follow are elections for god sake

 

[Rage]

I think that most americans (actually any nationality) will become more patriotic when in the company of people from other nations. The guy who badmouths America with his buddies while drinking, will change his tune drastically if you introduce a Canadian or Aussie or Brit into the equation. That is probably why most non-americans think that Americans are very patriotic to a fault.

Rage

 

[The Englishman]

I think that most americans (actually any nationality) will become more patriotic when in the company of people from other nations. The guy who badmouths America with his buddies while drinking, will change his tune drastically if you introduce a Canadian or Aussie or Brit into the equation. That is probably why most non-americans think that Americans are very patriotic to a fault.

Rage

Who's that guy??

 

[WeaponXProject]

I agree most americans are pretty ignorant of other countries and cultures I had a girl from new zealand go to my high school for a year and people could not comprehend the fact that she lived in a real city and not on a farm in middle earth.

That's soooo true...

One of my friends said in a world cultures class in high school that he wished "No one would have taken his people from the country of Africa." We all still make fun of him for it.

What's funny to me is that America, being a mixture of many ethnicities and cultures, you think we'd learn more about the rest of the world through interacting with eachother.

 

[Chris Wallace]

And yet there's still an overabundance of ignorant racists & hatriots.
Back on topic, though-can we really mandate the birthplace of an actor as a prerequisite to his being fit for a certain role?

 

[BestGirl]

I'm not American but I voted Cap should be American to avoid controversy.

I wouldn't worry about such controversy. It would be an issue for a little while but if the movie were good enough people wouldn't care.

 

[The Englishman]

I wouldn't worry about such controversy. It would be an issue for a little while but if the movie were good enough people wouldn't care.

Do people still care about Bale being British??

 

[Ronny Shade]

Do people stil care about Bale being British??

BATman. not Americaman

 

[Rage]

People aren't upset that the actor to play Batman wasn't born in a cave?

I've said it before, I love the character and I am not an American. I think (that if I was an actor) I'd do a better job portraying him in a movie than some american actor who has no idea who he is and what he's really about.

I think the actor needs a love of the source material to really nail the role of Captain America...not a birth certificate that says he was born in the USA.

Rage

 

[OsGom]

People aren't upset that the actor to play Batman wasn't born in a cave?

I've said it before, I love the character and I am not an American. I think (that if I was an actor) I'd do a better job portraying him in a movie than some american actor who has no idea who he is and what he's really about.

I think the actor needs a love of the source material to really nail the role of Captain America...not a birth certificate that says he was born in the USA.

Rage

Well said Rage.

 

[Chris Wallace]

Co-signed.