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

[BestGirl]

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

The actor doesn't even need to love the source material. Heath Ledger couldn't get through a single comic book and he still captured the Joker. The actor only needs to understand the character, though liking the source material can't hurt.

 

[aka Kal el]

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

Yeah and the majority of Brits I met and worked with were great people though some are real @*&^. Especially in the pubs but I don't judge everyone by those individuals. It amazes me how us Americans are so violent yet you guys can't even watch a freaking football game without kicking the living @#$ out of each other! Do you want us to judge you by all hooligans? It goes both ways.

 

[Artistsean]

There are Biography films where they pick an actor who not only looks almost exactly like the real person they are portraying but the actor is great, oscar worthy sometimes.

What if they could find an actor who not only looks exactly like Steve Rogers/Captain America, but he is an awesome actor who turns Captain America into an oscar worthy role,
But he isn't American?
What if this awesome actor is Australian or Canadian?

Would it really matter?

 

[smooth3006]

im having a feeling captain america and thor may not happen. i have my doubts about the avengers too.

 

[Chewy]

Then you haven't been following. All three are very much so happening.

 

[Lane & Kent]

Yes he must be played by an American actor

 

[cerealkiller182]

He should be played by the best actor possible

but I cannot help but think of the countless whiners and the media would have a field day with it since they like to make a big deal about any signs of anti-American stuff even if it is as trivial as a non-American actor playing Captain America. It just doesnt reflect well

 

[Happenstance]

Yeah and the majority of Brits I met and worked with were great people though some are real @*&^. Especially in the pubs but I don't judge everyone by those individuals. It amazes me how us Americans are so violent yet you guys can't even watch a freaking football game without kicking the living @#$ out of each other! Do you want us to judge you by all hooligans? It goes both ways.

I know this is an old message but I felt the need to reply. There is very little violence at English football games these days, I still go to matches and I have never once come across it. It happens a lot more abroad than it ever does here now.

Oh and my personal take on the Cap actor, I wouldnt mind where he was from as long as he did a good job.

 

[StorminNorman]

Captain America should be played by an American.

 

[Superhero 101]

I think the guy from Fast and Furious would be a great Cap not Vin Diesel the other guy

 

[DDS]

I don't think it would really matter as long as the actor's good (duh) and he can pull a Christain Bale/Hugh Jackman and disguise whatever accent he has. If we had a Cap with a British accent or something, THEN it'd be a problem...

 

[Rage]

Best actor possilble = best film possible. Cap is such a hard character to cast, I hate the idea of limiting the casting to only american actors. Batman's a brit, Wolverine (one of the few truly Canadian characters in comics) is an Aussie... so if someone from overseas or north of the border can do an amazing job as Cap... I'm all for it!

 

[kedrell]

^I wholeheartedly agree. Don't limit the pool of actors to choose from. That said, it will be better off if it does end up being with an american actor, but only marginally.

 

[C. Lee]

Years ago....I would have said that he HAD to be American....but nowadays (after seeing so many British do great American accents)....I say get the best ACTOR possible.

 

[Happenstance]

I think the guy from Fast and Furious would be a great Cap not Vin Diesel the other guy

Paul Walker?........If so then oh dear god!

 

[R_Hythlodeus]

Paul Walker?........If so then oh dear god!

maybe Chad Lindberg?

 

[Happenstance]

maybe Chad Lindberg?

That would definately be a new take on Captain America

 

[Brian Braddock]

Years ago....I would have said that he HAD to be American....but nowadays (after seeing so many British do great American accents)....I say get the best ACTOR possible.

I was about to post something very similiar this - only to find that you've already done my job for me.

I'd still prefer them to cast an American (and this is coming from a Brit) but if there is a guy out there who looks like Steve Rogers and can act to a sufficient standard but happened to be from another country - I'd be all for it.

(Oh - and it's awesome for Cap to have his own section at last, btw )

 

[Sentinel X]

Who cares if the actor is American or not?

The actors who've played Bruce Wayne don't have to be billionaires, the actors whove been banner don't have to be genius scientist, and the actors whove been Joker certainly didn't have to be sadistic psychopaths.

Im just saying, its ACTING at the end of the day....if a person can do a good job at it, give him the job. That is the whole point of acting, you can play a role that is completely different from who you are.

 

[Brian Braddock]

Who cares?

Seemingly most of the American posters on here, you being one of the exceptions, Sentinel.

All I've seen for years is stuff like 'Cap needs to be played by an American'................

 

[Rage]

I think its more important to find someone who understands the character and his motivations and can act... national background should be secondary. I want the BEST Captain America... not the best American Captain America.

Rage

 

[04nbod]

Firstly I'm not american but I want the best actor for the job. I want to watch a guy be convincingly Steve Rogers, the Captain America part thats an accessory. I think people here would put so many qualities about themselves before their nationality when asked what makes them who they are. However if you want an American in the role then just say you do rather than justifying it in a scenario where Americans playing non americans is common place. I would argue Superman is a bigger symbol of America to the world than Cap even with his name and how many people here want Henry Cavill? How many people here want an american Wonder Woman even though the character comes from a mediterannean island? People weren't complaining about Halle as Storm because she wasn't african. Robert Downey Jr. is playing Sherlock Holmes and do you see brits complaining? Pierce Brosnan, the irishman as Bond, Mel Gibson as William Wallace. What makes Cap different from any other American on film? What makes him the uber-american? Is it the spandex?

 

[dr.strange]

seeing as how some people are calling christian bale the best batman of all time,it shouldn't matter.im trying to think of an actor with the look of cap. blonde.blue eyes,6ft 5 or whatever he is in the comic.(don't forget, marvel did have a comic featuring a black captain america) how can we get sam jackson in this film?

 

[Sentinel X]

Who cares?

Seemingly most of the American posters on here, you being one of the exceptions, Sentinel.

All I've seen for years is stuff like 'Cap needs to be played by an American'................

Oh that was a rhetorical question. I see that people do care but I don't know why. Its a movie, what does an actors personal life have to do with the film? What if he IS american...but doesn't really care about America. And there can be a non-american who LOVES America...so the whole reasoning behind the NEED to have an American Captain America is going right over my head.

Sure, it would be nice but personally I don't care.

 

[captainrogers]

As long as he can ACT, LOOK, and SOUND and MAKE US BELIEVE he IS CAP, I don't care where the actor is from. If a non-U.S. born actor can infuse the part with the passion for the ideals that represent America, who's to say he should lose the part to a lesser actor who's sole trumping qualification is a happy coincidence of the location of his birth. The irony sometimes is that I see more patriotism from immigrants than I do from born citizens. All in all, I guess I'm for the best man for the job. Regardless of his place of birth. Give me a man who will "Make Me Believe...."