Hobbsy.com has confirmed that actor Richard Armitage (Spooks, Robin Hood) has been cast as Nazi assassin Heinz Kruger in Captain America: The First Avenger. The actor was initially spotted by his fans within a walkthrough video of the Manchester set taken by a contributor to the fore mentioned site. Kruger kills Abraham Erskine, the scientist who created the Super Soldier Serum that turns scrawny Steve Rogers into Captain America.