That Kevin Feige is just a fountain of information lately. It seems like he can't stop talking about all the myriad projects Marvel Studios has on their plate. In an interview with Hollywood.com, Feige lets us on the the thought process behind some of the bigger decisions made in bringing Cap's story to the big screen.
On the storyline, he had this to say...
“Captain America is really the story of Steve Rogers, like Peter Parker, like Bruce Banner, like Tony Stark. By the way, Tony Stark is about as jingoistic a guy there is. He’s always talking about America, what’s right for America, making weapons to go to war with the rest of the world with and [Iron Man] did extremely well overseas because his story was engaging. This movie is Steve Rogers’ origin story, and I think it is our burden to make Steve Rogers as appealing as any of our other characters ... he’s not just the perfect boy scout who follows order every time. He has ideals he wants to live up to.”
“Also, setting it in World War II — the Marvel version of World War II — I think is gonna open it up in another big way ... What’s funny is it will actually end up being, I think, our most diverse and our most international film, in terms of the content of the movies itself. It takes place overseas much more than any of our other films do. In terms of the cast, there’s a group that Steve works with that will have an opportunity for many more international actors than any of our other films.”
As for who Cap might be aiming his iconic shield at?
“We are gonna explore those aspects of World War II that made Cap special: the Super Soldier program, Red Skull, Hydra, all of those things that exist in the Marvel version of it. As you know if you read the comic books, the origin of Captain America is really the origin of the Marvel universe ... it’s about that time in history when the idea of the superhero began to emerge.”
I think it goes without saying that the Red Skull has to be a part of this movie. Let's just hope they don't make him Italian or whatever he was in that god-awful first Cap film.
Captain America is set to be released July 22, 2011.
