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Chris Evans Offered Role as Captain America

Published on March 20, 2010 at 7:55 AM

Chris Evans(HMG) – After much speculation, trotting out many young male leads out for screen tests, the new Captain America has been chosen. No stranger to comic book movies, it’s being reported that actor Chris Evans has been offered the lead role in “The First Avenger: Captain America.” The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Evans who played The Human Torch in Fantasic Four has been offered the part, but didn’t say that he has signed on yet. He’ll be committed to a number of future Marvel films including “Captain America” sequels, “The Avengers” and appearing in other Marvel Universe pictures. Evans will reportedly battle The Matrix and The Wolfman villain Hugo Weaving as The Red Skull in the first Captain America movie. Other candidates rumored to have been in the final selection process for Captain America included Channing Tatum, Ryan Phillippe, John Krasinski and Mike Vogel. The question now is, do you picture Evans as the right choice not only to play Captain America but to be the leader of The Avengers?

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