Talking to
Hero Complex, the director of the highly anticipated movie from Marvel Studios described just how much we see Captain America throw his shield, the uses he finds for it and making sure it's wielded in a suitably exciting and epic manner by the iconic superhero. We've already seen Cap using his shield as a weapon in the trailer and recently released TV spots
(one such moment can be seen in the fantastic gif by DCMarvelFreshman above) but it's good to hear that Johnston and Marvel put plenty of thought into exactly how and why it's such an important part of the character.
"The whole thing about throwing the shield was given a lot of thought. And you know he just doesn’t do it a lot in the movie. I’d say maybe four of five times? But when he does, it’s a big deal; he really saves the day."
"He’s not slinging it around all the time and using it randomly. He throws it when its the right thing to do, and those are special moments. We opted to preserve those moment just to make them so special."
"He uses the shield a lot for protection, as you would expect, and as a weapon, like a battering ram; he slams it down almost like an ax of sorts, and he uses it as a pry bar. But when he throws it, those are the highlight-reel moments."
With an all star cast which includes Chris Evans as Captain America, Sebastian Stan as Bucky, Hugo Weaving as Red Skull, Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter, Tommy Lee Jones as Col. Chester Phillips, Stanley Tucci as Abraham Erskine and Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark,
Captain America: The First Avenger will be released in 3D on July 22, later this year!
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