In fact, the most difficult part for the actor was playing the “the era-specific wholesome character” without falling back on the usual post-modern wisecracks. He did lose weight for the pre-Captain America look, and trained for three months to add superhero muscle.īut “camera angles and CGI” improved both ends of the spectrum, he concedes. However, he refused to rely completely on digital designs. Physically, Evans had help from computer-generated special effects to pull off the skinny Rogers and the bulked-up Captain America. “If you connect with him at the beginning,” the actor says of the before-and-after role, “hopefully, that’s the same guy you see in the end.” The memory was pivotal to playing Steve Rogers before, and the muscle-bound Captain America, afterward, he says. “I weighed, like, 135 until I was at least 17.” Red Skull (Hugo Weaving), who has gone rogue and wants to dominate the world.Įvans says he was “a wimpy kid,” growing up. With his makeover complete, Rogers - as the mask-wearing Captain America -prepares to confront Hitler’s insidious weapons genius, Johann Schmidt, a.k.a. army, circa 1942.ĭisappointed but not discouraged, Rogers volunteers for a secret military experiment that transforms him into a super-soldier to battle the Nazis. In the Joe Johnston-directed fantasy-action flick, the 30-year-old actor plays the slim Steve Rogers, initially deemed unfit to enlist in the U.S. Now Evans has graduated to headliner status in the special-effects movie version of Marvel Comics, Captain America: The First Avenger, which opens Friday. Activate your Online Access Now Article content If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, unlimited online access is included in your subscription. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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