STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Star Ethan Peck Reveals He Auditioned For Lead Role In CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Star Ethan Peck Reveals He Auditioned For Lead Role In CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER

Star Trek: Discovery's Spock, Ethan Peck, has revealed that he was among the actors who auditioned to play Steve Rogers in 2011's Captain America: The First Avenger. Find more details from him here...

By JoshWilding - Sep 05, 2022 02:09 PM EST
Source: The Direct

If you were on this site in the late 2000s and early 2010s, you'll no doubt remember the furore surrounding who would play the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Captain America. The Boys star Jensen Ackles was a popular suggestion among fans, as were actors like John Krasinski, Channing Tatum, and Jon Hamm.

A full list of names who actually spoke to Marvel Studios about playing Steve Rogers in Captain America: The First Avenger has never been revealed, but we can now count Ethan Peck among them. 

While the role would ultimately go to Chris Evans, the Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds actor (who plays Spock) confirmed he was considered at Atlanta's DragonCon. "I've had a lot of bad ones and some good ones, I guess. But some memorable ones, I was of a smaller few [group of actors] to be considered for Captain America many years ago, which stands out."

"And also," he added, "I came pretty close to the role of The Deep in The Boys."

Peck would go on to talk about what missing out on those big roles is like as an actor and how it's affected him mentally.

"I have a recurring dream - this is the worst audition - where I am reading for Spielberg or someone of that caliber. It's happened a few times," the actor reveals. "I get the callback, and I'm like ready to go, I've signed [up]. And I'm one person away from getting called in, and I'm like, 'I don't know my lines.' And that's a true terror for me."

Things turned out quite well for Peck when all was said and done as his work as Spock has been praised by Star Trek fans. It's also hard to imagine anyone other than Evans playing Steve, and while he's since passed the Captain America mantle to Anthony Mackie, fans remain anxious for him to reprise the role at some point.

Do you think Peck would have made a good Captain America in the MCU?

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ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 9/5/2022, 2:14 PM
Liking his take on Spock.
HAUSMAN01
HAUSMAN01 - 9/5/2022, 2:35 PM
Peck wouldn't be that bad of an option as MCU Reed Richards(if they don't choose John of course),Cyclops or for DC as Cap. ATOM or Adam Strange
KingLeonidas
KingLeonidas - 9/5/2022, 2:40 PM
Him as Cap? Don't see it at all.

Evans is perfect casting.
Stinkor1
Stinkor1 - 9/5/2022, 3:41 PM
PartyKiller
PartyKiller - 9/5/2022, 9:18 PM
He is terrible as Spock. He's like a porn level actor.
EZBeast
EZBeast - 9/5/2022, 9:26 PM
@PartyKiller - I saw the positives of him as Spock above and I was like “really? You guys consider him a good Spock?” He always seemed bored playing the part.
PartyKiller
PartyKiller - 9/6/2022, 10:31 AM
@TheFireForce - He is so bad that he takes me out of the show. His portrayal of a Vulcan is on par with porn actors playing Spock or someone playing Spock on SNL.
DemonTweeks
DemonTweeks - 9/6/2022, 2:39 AM
i think he is spot on as spock tbf
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 9/6/2022, 8:14 AM
He's a better Spock than Quinto, although that isn't entirely Quinto's fault. I'm not a fan kf how he's written until Beyond.

anyways, can't see him as Cap or the Deep really. He would be a good Reed as others suggest
PartyKiller
PartyKiller - 9/6/2022, 10:35 AM
@Dredd97 - Quinto is not right for Spock but he can act better than Ethan Peck. I'd give Quinto and F and Peck an F-.
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 9/6/2022, 10:39 AM
@PartyKiller - hahaha no way. Quinto is about a B- and Peck is about a B+

obviously neither are Nimoy, but they work. It's better than the guy playing Kirk who is an F to Chris Pine's B+
PartyKiller
PartyKiller - 9/7/2022, 3:13 PM
@Dredd97 - The guy playing Kirk is very pitiful. I think Quinto can act but his Spock is just not convincing as a person with no emotions. He also fails to seem highly intelligent. Pine I would give an F also but in part because of Star Trek 2009 using the Officer Mahoney from Police Academy arc that came from the Star Fleet Academy script in the late 1980s.
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