Leonardo DiCaprio as Captain America? Hell, Why Not.
Comic Book Movie News, The First Avenger: Captain America (2011) Movie — By Nix on June 13, 2008
To be honest with you, these “[Insert A-List Actor Name Here] to play [Insert Iconic Comic Book Character Here]” rumors get floated around the Internet more often than Paris Hilton drops to her knees during Fleet Week. Got a rumor you want to float? Just go ahead and do it, and credit it to an unnamed source in a movie studio somewhere. Shit, that’s what everyone else does, and I should probably start doing it, too. It’ll make me look important and crap without me having to actually do anything to be important like, you know, actually succeed in stuff. But I digress. The latest A-Lister rumored for an Iconic superhero role? Leonardo DiCaprio as Captain America.
Latino Review are the floaters this week. Here’s their reasoning (or lack thereof):
Well, speaking of CAPTAIN AMERICA, I have myself a trusted source internally over at Marvel and they are now starting to toss names for the role of Steve Rogers.
The name at the top of the list?
LEONARDO DICAPRIO
See what I mean? Make a post, throw out some unnamed source at a studio, and voila, you got yourself an exclusive inside scoop.
Now I’m not saying the boys over at LR are wrong; more often than not they seem to have their pulse on that part of Hollywood that still has a pulse (you know, down there), but this is still the Interwebs, and you know, there’s a reason people who get paid to think of letters to put in newspapers mock us. With justification, too. We just don’t shower all that often.
Anyhow. Leonardo Dicaprio is rumored to be on the top of Marvel’s list for Captain America. Second is Brad Pitt, who was also rumored to be on Marvel’s top list for Thor. Basically, Marvel’s got a hard-on for Brad Pitt, and who can blame them? The dude is, like, Godly and shit.
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Pitt is in his mid-forties, whereas DiCaprio is in his late twenties/early thirties, but still looks young. I’d have to vote for Leo, although I have nothing against Pitt. Yet, I was just warming up to the idea of McConaughey as Cap…
It has come to the attention of other comic fans aswell as myself that not one of these actors;as talented as the maybe. Do Not fit the physical description of Captain America…My suggestion for the Captain America role would have to be Gunther Schlierkamp from BEERFEST none of you can argue that he’s not an ideal physical specimen for this role and I’m fairly convinced the former Mr. Universe is up to the acting task….However for the role of Steve Summers pre-super soldier serum Leo would ideal……but this is just the agreed ideal of a few TRUE DIE-HARD COMIC FANS!!
to correct myself STEVE ROGERS I was talking to a friend about Mark Summers of Double Dare and typed the wrong last name
Leo is a pussy he can’t play Capt. I’ll take Brad any day over Leo, but Mat mite the right choice.
Why must they always look for the most annoying actors to play the roles?
I wish leo and brad will shove it.
Pick someone who suits the character. Stop trying to boost sales by getting a big name – that sucks.
randy couture would be the best specimen to play steve rogers that looks like a captain america to me
I think they need to get an unkown actor. It’s worked before. If it were up to me though I’d pick out Jensen Ackles. He’s young, he has played a tough guy on TV, and he has a great American acsent. I think he would be perfect. Also my choice for the villain would be Red Skull. My choice for the actor to play Red Skull is Viggo Mortenson. He has also played tough guys in LOTR, History of Voilence, and Est Promises; he would be a great villain.
Leo as Captain America? NAW i don’t think so. yeah he a cool guy and he was pretty bad in The Departed. jus awesome but you never really get to see him get down in a real fight. maybe some gun shootings and what he does in The Departed but does he look like he can really do what Captain America does? we got a pick at what he can do in The Incredible Hulk when Tim Roth first takes that super soldier stuff and fights the Hulk. that was bad. well my point is Leo is cool but i wouldn’t want him to play MY FAVORITE MARVEL SUPERHERO. I think that James Marsden should be Captain America. he was cool being Cyclops so why not let him be two marvel characters. James Marsden everybody, think about it.
what about Mat Damon? He kicks ass in movie’s or Russel Crow, even though he’s a Ozzy, He kicks ass in Movie’s. Leo is just to little and no would believe him as a bad ass American. I thought Mathew McConaughey would be a good Capt. America he was good in Reign of Fire even though the movie wasn’t.
james marsden… the end
I think Leo could play Thor… just because… Thor doesn’t wear a shirt. That would make the nerdy girls, like me, happy. Too bad Ed Norton is already the Hulk… I think he would be the dopest Cap. America.
Leo is perfect to play as Hank Pym and he’d play the sh*^% out of that role. Watch him in the Aviator, unfortunately an Ant-Man movie starring an unknown would be an incredible high risk and Marvel can’t afford to take risks like that. They need an good A-list actor in which DiCaprio would be great and be able to sell an Ant-Man movie. Ant-Man/Giant-Man is way too unknown and disliked to let an unknown actor do it. So I say Leonardo DiCaprio as Hank Pym and Simon Pegg as Scott Lang. The same thing goes for Cap. America is’nt really liked overseas and Cap’n America aint that popular in the U.S. let alone overseas so to cast an unknown won’t do him justice and it won’t sell. You have to cast an Internationally known, well liked and great actor and that actor is Brad Pitt. Stop saying he’s too old, this man is in great shape for his age and did you see “Benjamin Button”? Technology can make Brad Pitt look 17.After Cap becomes super famous like how “Iron Man” is now, then in the future you can cast an unknown. But for now it has to be an A-lister.