Geoff Boucher over at the LATimes HeroComplex got the chance to speak with Chris Evans and Joe Johnston and they share their thoughts on the finished film. Johnston compares it in someways to 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', and Evans talks a little bit about Cap arriving in modern times. We also get a brand new image from the film featuring Steve Rogers using a car door as a shield.
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Joe Johnston:
“When you sit down to watch it, it’s certainly not ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark,’ which is a very different kind of film in the final analysis,” Johnston said. “But sometimes when we had questions and we were stuck we would say, ‘What would Indiana Jones do? What would be the answer to this in “Raiders of the Lost Ark”?’ I’ve always loved ‘Raiders’ and the great achievement of it was the tone and the fresh feeling of the movie. It was period but didn’t feel like it was made in the period. It felt like a contemporary film about this period in the past, and that is the goal we have with ‘Captain America.’ And I can say this — it definitely has an Indiana Jones pace.”
Chris Evans On Captain America In Modern Times:
“A great story is a great story no matter when it’s set. Just think about text messaging,” Evans said. “That’s the way I communicate with my friends now. If one them calls me I’m like, ‘Why didn’t you just text me?’ And that’s pretty new. Cellphones haven’t been around that long – I remember when people didn’t have them, really – and the Internet has totally changed the world in a relatively short period of time. Think of how strange all of it would be to someone from the 1940s who looks around and wonders what happened to all the things that were important to them.”
On Seeing Skinny Steve:
“They nailed it, it works, they really put a lot of time into it. It was a big relief for me.”
Captain America: The First Avenger hits theaters July 22nd