Conan O'Brien Reveals That Captain America Was Cast From a Beauty Pageant!

How did Chris Evans win the part of the Sentinel of Liberty? And who was his competition? Coco explains how movie producers chose the actor and who the runners-up were!

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By TheColinColumn - Jun 23, 2011 10:06 AM EST

Filed Under: Captain America

Source: Conan

For months, we have been hearing about what Chris Evans experienced during the casting process for Marvel Studios' next summer blockbuster, Captain America: The First Avenger. However, Evans seems to have left out one minor detail: he had to compete in a beauty pageant for the role!

In this sketch from a taping of Conan, Coco explains how the beauty pageant worked and reveals Evans' competition for the titular role of the movie!

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5 Comments

D117 - 6/23/2011, 12:04 PM

Lmaoo that was great!

Ghostfire - 6/23/2011, 12:08 PM

COCO!!LMAO!

BigK1337 - 6/23/2011, 2:17 PM

@Cerebro
Indeed; its like imagining Chuck Norris without his beard, or Tom Shelleck without his mustache, or Stone Cold Steve Austin with hair.

bilthebullet - 6/24/2011, 10:54 AM

I live in Utah and when they had captain Utah come out I said to myself, "Awesome, they got one of the six black guys in Utah." I miss diversity.

Conan O'Brien Reveals That Captain America Was Cast From a Beauty Pageant!

How did Chris Evans win the part of the Sentinel of Liberty? And who was his competition? Coco explains how movie producers chose the actor and who the runners-up were!

F1 Driver Esteban Ocon Reveals Epic CAPTAIN AMERICA Helmet Ahead Of This Weekend's Las Vegas Grand Prix

MCU Rumor Roundup: CAPTAIN AMERICA TV Series, Liam Neeson's Secret MCU Role, And Plans For Donald Glover

DISCLAIMER: As a user generated site and platform, ComicBookMovie.com is protected under the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) and "Safe Harbor" provisions.

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