"Yeah! I did! Sundance!" said Chris Evans when asked if he had any scenes with Robert Redford, who plays head of S.H.I.E.L.D. Alexander Pierce in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. "He’s so good, I was so nervous the first day. Within ten minutes, I was like, 'Oh, thank God.' Because you never know," continued Evans. "You never know how these people are going to be at that level. He’s just the nicest guy in the world. I mean, it’s not like he can’t direct. He could have very easily come on the set and made it his set. He just didn’t do that. He has immense respect. He’s not one of those guys. The first day we shot together, we shot a 15-hour day, and at the end of the day—the Russos like their coverage—and at the end of the day, it was a lot of my stuff. He had minimal lines and he really could have left. There are a lot of actors that would have left and been like, 'Are you cool with doing this with someone else?' Which I think kind of sucks when actors do that. But he didn’t do that! He stuck around. It’s past midnight and this guy’s here doing off-cameras with me. It’s just classy. Just a classy guy, a talented guy. He classes up this whole project." Meanwhile, USA Today, who debuted the above poster of Redford's character, reports that the recent Winter Soldier trailer garnered "9.6 million Youtube views on in its first 24 hours online." It has now surpassed 10.7 million, topping both online Super Bowl ads for Transformers: Age of Extinction & The Amazing Spider-Man 2. What do you think?
After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” finds Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy — the Winter Soldier. Starring Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Frank Grillo, Georges St-Pierre, Hayley Atwell, Toby Jones, Emily VanCamp and Maximiliano Hernández with Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Redford, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” is directed by the team of Anthony & Joe Russo from a screenplay written by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely and is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series, first published in 1941. Marvel Studios’ President Kevin Feige is producing the film. Executive producers on the project include Alan Fine, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Michael Grillo and Stan Lee. The creative production team on the film includes director of photography Trent Opaloch, production designer Peter Wenham, editors Jeffrey Ford, A.C.E. and Mary Jo Markey, A.C.E. and three time Oscar®-nominated costume designer Judianna Makovsky. “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” is set for release on April 4, 2014.