Ryan Phillippe On Why He Wanted To Play Captain America!

No shit you wanted the role. Everyone wanted the role, it's f*cking Captain America.

Hm, since he's into martial arts maybe he could be a good Danny Rand.

No way. He's 5'9.

too short? Oh, if only there were ways to make someone appear taller on the medium of television and cinema. If you could think of a way then you could sell that idea to Tom Cruise.

Learn2filmography, guys

@Ranger14

how is Ryan Phillippe too short his only 1 inch shorter than Chris Evans who is playing Cap. plus Robert Downey Jr is shorter then Tony Stark in the comics. RDJ did wear shoe lifts in the movie.

SoulAllFlush@ Pay attention to who they have cast in the Avengers and also the fact casting directors will always go with someone who fits the stature naturally and has the acting skills before they cast someone who doesn't have the stature and they have to fix it through technology. People have used that argument with Wonder Woman being cast and you can try to make a petite woman look taller through technology all you want, but what you really want is a woman how has the natural physique and stature of an Amazon. Same goes for Cap and other superheroes. Also, Tom Cruise's characters really don't rely on height and stature at all, as they typically aren't based on a character that has an imposing physical presence.

jazzman@ Chris Evans is listed at 6' 1/2" tall via most sources. Phillipes at 5'9". Tony Stark doesn't have to have a tall and physical presence as much because he wears the suit. His Tony Stark persona isn't made or broke on how big he is. Lifts or not, it really doesn't impact his character that much. For the muscular and physically imposing superheroes, I think it is a different deal. Adding 3-4 inches to a guy by adding lifts doesn't improve his overall physical stature, it just makes him taller on the bottom.

And so cues the Chris Evans haters....

@Ranger14

i remember some comic book fans complain that RDJ is too short to play Tony Stark. Chris Evans is taller than Ryan Phillippe but some people will still say Chris Evans aint tall enough to be Cap.

maybe Ryan Phillippe could play Hawkeye

off topic:ronnie james dio has died at the age of 67.

He is miles above Evans as an actor for damn sure.

great article josh and congrats on becoming an editor! its about damn time lol!!

Hey I apologize cause this is a bit off topic, but Josh, I was really hoping you'd read my article cause I really wanted to hear what you think about it. Oh and congrats on becoming editor ^_^

Chris Evans a better choice.

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This loser can go back to making his anti-American military movies. Never should of been close to the Cap movie in the first place.

Ryan Phillipe has enough natural dirtbag in him to be Pym but definately not Cap. I just rewatched the Rocketeer this weekend and I am genuinely excited about The First Avenger. Also, Ray Park for Ironfist!

Thats all am saying josh lol

Did any of the Evans haters watch the Ultimate Avenger animated movies?! IMO Cap not only looked like Evans but sounded like him as well (he even had elemts of the comedic delivery Evans has displayed in the past; such as the scene where he is first I troduced to Ant Man and the wasp)

He would have been great, but i'm sure Evans will do good too.. I hope.

Off topic
I found these two fun facts:
1. Christian Bale auditioned to play Robin in Batman Forever.
2. In the 1990 Captain America movie, Arnold Schwarzenegger was considered for the role of Steve Rodgers/Captain America but did not get the part due to his accent

@ Viperxx79: What anti American films did Phillippe make?

Stop-loss?

Some other fun facts:
3. Heath Ledger was offered the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man but declined because he didn't want to risk being typecast as a super-hero
4. Anne Hathaway was one of the ladies in consideration for the role of Black Widow
5.In Iron man 2, the scene showing Vanko's collection of covers and articles about Tony Stark, there is one article about Iron Man stabilizing East and West relations that has the byline attributed to "Rob Downey" - an obvious reference to the starring actor.