Mat Damon is not a good idea for Cap. America

Hates damon makes me sick i tell you lol

i HATE HIM abit like sam whats his face @LEE
lol.

LEO's a better CAP!!

Check the mans movies out, if they want MOVIE STAR he's our man!! ; D

sam worthington for cap

you kind of stepped on your foot with this one : 'I mean yes, character-wise Mat Damon could perhaps pull off any and all acting that would need to be done for Cap. But physically no.'

you basically said, "well he can become everything the character is and needs but he's not a scary as i want him to be'
we HAVE/NEED/GOT TO stop trying to cast based off of looks. none of us would have casted hugh jackman in wolverine, none of us would have casted heath ledger as the joker. if he can 'pull off any and all acting that would need to be done for cap' then it stops there. nothign else needs to be said. thats ALL that matters (okay not all we can't have will smith here) but you get what im saying. the only thing i care about when it comes to the actors look in this movie is the blonde hair. which can be dyed.

LEEE@ i think they need to go a route of a MOVIE STAR. i don't want an unknown for this. let's get a seasoned actor to nail this thing. leo would be fine in my book. so would worthington, pitt, and damon.

movietheatrelad@ totally, i undertsand exactly where you're coming from. but i remain in my same camp and will acknowledge that i am, for sure, in the minority.

i struggle with which way I THINK they should go on this issue. I get that a big name actor could be to TOO BIG and overshaddow that which we should be caring about, cap himself. but with casting an unknown you run the risk of his presence not being BIG ENOUGH for cap. i mean i have all the faith in marvel that they'll audition people and choose the best based on that. so when the role is finally cast you will hear no qualms from me. only hope that he does well!
I wish brad pitt was younger because TO ME he'd be perfect. lemme see if i can help you understand my view, brad pitt freakin IS captain america already! haha he helps out countless people accross the world with donations, is banging arguably the hottest woman alive, and is more famous and loved than almost anyone else in the world, i mean i can't think of one person who hates brad pitt and if you do then thats a you problem! again, he's too old, but the point im trying to make is if you can get an actor, a-list/b-list whatever, who's personality mirrors that of what cap is to the marvel u than that's all i want!:) (or if he can at least ACT like it)

Also you're remark about "..JOHNNY DEPP IS THIS MOVIE THAT DOESN'T MATTER CUZ IT'S JOHNNY DEPP..." while hilarious and correct i might add, might actually help international audiences get into the theatre. im not saying people in other countries won't see it if an a-lister isn't in it. but it couldn't hurt.

i hate the title of your article..."everyone here thinks..."

sorry, but i think he is a terrible choice for cap, personally. although there ARE a LOT of people that think he would be good. i don't think he's right for the exact reasons you said...he doesn't have the presence or look to pull off cap, plain and simple.

I'm with the "No to Damon for Cap" campaign.

Sounds like just about this whole thread is feeling the same. And fk Sam Worthington while we're at it.

I'm for Alexander Skarsgard, have been since jump.

He's got all the qualities you are talking about, and in spite of him being Norweigen, his accent is flawless.
And now the obigatory photo.



Personally, I don't give a rusty trombone if he's not American. If an American can play Sherlock Homes, I think we can get over this. It's about getting the best person for the part, not the American that comes the closest. Just my opinion of course.

StrangemannX

Much like your image, Chris Pine is not available.

I agree that Damon is not the best pick for Cap, but I think you need to flesh out your argument a little.

My own reasoning is that I think Matt is too well known; I personally would have a hard time disassociating him since Matt is essentially Matt in every movie he's always Matt Damon to me. He is a good actor, don't get me wrong, but I've never lost the guy in a role. When I watched Iron Man I literally forgot I was watching RDJ and just thought of him as Tony Stark or Heath Ledger was the Joker. Damon has never pulled that off for me. So to me it will always be Matt dressed up as Cap, not Steve Rogers. I want that quality in the actor that plays Cap. It may take a lesser known actor to do that since there will be less automatic comparison in my mind as I watch the movie. Does that make any sense?

Secondly, Matt is a very political guy, and I really don't want the actor that plays Cap to bring that to the table, I want him to seem like the beacon of America, not one party or another. It alienates the image at times and I'm a guy that holds my politics close to the vest (usually) and people that wear them on their sleeve aggravate me. What's it to you who I voted for, and I don't care about your freakin' bumper sticker telling me who you voted for, its none of my business, though it may determine whether or not I flip you off for driving like an idiot. HA! Who am I kidding I'm flippin' you off anyway. I have a conceal permit and a SIG P245 strapped in a holster under my steering column if you get fresh. I know, I know those are stupid personal reasons, but they hold true for me.

Lastly, I just don't see Damon as Cap. Is he good as Bourne? Oh, yeah. Could he be good as Cap? Maybe. Would I pitch a bitch if he were to play Cap? Nah. Would I rather it be someone else? Yeah. There are other factors too; age, the fact that Matt gets very broad and looks stumpy when he really pumps up, like in Invictus. His face would look odd in the mask... all odd nit-picky reasons that just add up for me.

The sad thing is if you ask me who I would like to play Cap I really don’t have a good answer. If this weren’t an origin story I would love to see Mark Valley, but he is really too old for this tale. I’m just hoping the casting is good and I don’t envy the casting director on this movie one bit.

sam for cap more like sam for crap
god its only goin to get worse init lol

Why do I get the sneaky suspicion that Mark-Paul Gosselaar will be playing Cap.

This article is right, but for the wrong reasons. I don't see Damon as having the acting chops to pull off this role. I don't think he has the range to be the leader that cap has to be. Not to mention the internal turmoil that Cap has to face by watching American soldiers die all around him. And yeah, he doesn't look young enough anyway.

Lee@ I can't see Leo as Cap either. He's a far better actor than Damon, but there's no way I could see him getting big enough for the role.

At this point, I'm throwing my support to either Jensen Ackles or Sam Worthington. Neither of those actors would upset me, though I think Ackles looks the part more than Worthington. But at least everyone is off the Gay-son Lewis bandwagon. LOL

MATT DAMON FOR BARRY ALLEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For Capt America, you need top notch good looks, huge star power and someone who can achieve the body type.

Brad Pitt IS Captain America. (But they'll never get him.)



Edit- Layperson is 100% right, which is why Brad as Cap works on all levels. (But they'll never get him.)

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