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With the concept art for Captain American now running rampant on the internet, I was wondering if anyone else had any issues with Chris Evans putting on the red, white, and blue? I don’t really have a problem with Chris Evans in and of himself, he has a certain douche-appeal that Hollywood seems to enjoy, the problem is he’s already played the Human Torch. Everyone wanted to play Cap in the new big screen adaption with a laundry list of actors that included Ryan Phillippe, John Krasinski, Mike Vogel, Wilson Bethel, Chace Crawford, Scott Porter, and Michael Cassidy. Will Smith was even rumored at one point. And after such an extensive search, the studio execs decided on Chris Evans, a guy who has already played a Marvel superhero. I would have rather them have given Jim from the Office a shot than to reuse someone we’ve already seen in tights and didn’t particularly like in tights.

Was Tobey Maguire not available to play Captain America? Hugh Jackman too busy? What about Robert Downey Jr. (he could have played both Captain America and Iron Man like Hayley Mills in the Parent Trap movies)? It’s ok to be in multiple superhero movies or scifi franchises, hot actresses do it all the time, but playing different heroes in same universe of characters is a little weird. This is like the same guy playing both Batman and Superman.

Of course, it might be a different scenario if Chris Evans was the bright spot in the Fantastic Four movies. If we saw those movies and were like, “That just sucked, but oh, that Chris Evans he was just superb, I could feel the flames coming off the screen.” Instead we walked away with, “That just sucked, but I would still do Jessica Alba.” And, at the end of the day, Alba would definitely be a more logical choice to play Captain America. I assume the good people at Marvel have seen the Fantastic Four movies, and were familiar with him crapping it up as Johnny Storm before making their final decision.

It gets a little worse though. Another rumor about Captain America: The First Avenger is that at some point in the film, Cap is going to team up with The Invaders. The invaders are an old school WWII superhero team that included Captain America, the Sub-Mariner, and, you guessed it, the Human Torch. If you didn’t know, before there was a Human Torch in the Fantastic Four, there was another character with the exact same name, powers, and appearance in the 1940’s. If there’s a scene where Captain America looks at the Human Torch and says something like, “You seem very familiar,” I think I’ll just go ahead and leave the theater.

Come on Marvel, let’s just think out side the box for a second, and find someone fresh for Captain America. Here are a few alternatives to Chris Evans:

Possible Captain America Alternatives
Ben Affleck
Eric Bana
James Franco
James Marsden
Jay Underwood
Matt Salinger
Nicolas Cage
Ryan Reynolds
The Principal from Ferris Bueller
Thomas Jane
Wesley Snipes

If the really wanted to reuse someone they should have gone with Dolph Lundgren (The original and arguably best movie Punisher). He’s got the hair and the muscles. And nothing says America like Dolph Lundgren.