Let me start off by saying once again that the contents of this article are based solely on my own opinions, and not at all on fact.
There, now that we got that out of the way, let's move on to the real business.
I think Marvel has already cast Captain America, and they have chosen Chris Hemsworth. Now, at this point, you're probably all sitting up in your seats wondering how out of touch I could be if I didn't know that he had been cast as Thor already. Well, I obviously do, but the other day someone mentioned that they had heard that casting directors were screening four actors for the role of Cap while holding Thor auditions. That got me thinking. What did it get me thinking, you ask?
Well, first, that Marvel has shown a past tendency to either hide things from the general public, or out-and-out lie to them (in the case with Fury's appearance at the end of "Iron Man," or even to the true identity of Ronin in the comics.) This track record seems to have been broken wide open by "Thor," a movie that we know quite a bit about production-wise.
Second, Hemsworth looks a lot more like Steve Rogers than he does Thor. He may not be an American, but to be honest, not only is he the only non-American who could pull off the role of Cap, he's also one of the few actors (American or otherwise) who I wouldn't mind seeing toss around the shield. Hemsworth is both young enough to appear the proper age for World War II Cap, but he also has the physical presence, and most importantly, the acting ability to pull it off. Personally, I don't think Marvel is stupid enough to pass up on getting (in my opinion) the perfect Captain America just because he auditioned for Thor.
But wait, hasn't filming for "Thor" already started? Well, yes--But, in all of the on-set interviews I have read (and I may be wrong about this, because I'm just going from memory, but if I am wrong, they could be lying) not one actor has mentioned Chris Hemsworth by name. Joe Gatt even goes so far as to refer to Thor as "Thor" (well, actually, he avoids directly/specifically referring to him at all) and Loki as "Tom Hiddleston".
Also, there is the fact that "Thor"'s shooting title is "Manhattan" and "Captain America"'s is "Frostbite." Those titles actually make more sense if you swap them. Yes, I know, "Frostbite" makes perfect sense for "Captain America," but "Thor" is most likely going to be a snowy movie, and as far as "Manhattan" goes, not only is Steve Rogers from Manhattan, the Lower East Side to be exact, but the word "Manhattan" carries with it the connotation of The Manhattan Project. Hmm, let's see--Secret government project of the 1940s that creates a war-winning weapon for the United States--sounds pretty much like the Super-Soldier program that gave us-you guessed it-Captain America.
I know this may be a little far-fetched, but this is what happens when a sleep deprived, paranoid, conspiracy theorist is kept in the dark on who has or has not been cast as one of his favorite characters.
I'll enjoy to hear people's thoughts on this.
Excelsior!