Chris Evans talks about the Captain America song

[Erik-El]

USA Weekend reports on an interview with Chris Evans on the upcoming Captain America movie. He describes how the movie starts off once his character, Steve Rogers finishes the Super Soldier Program.

"There is a Captain America song, but I don’t sing it. Initially in the film, when he becomes Captain America, long story short the serum is destroyed and they can’t reproduce the experiment so I’m the only super soldier there is.

The U.S. government won’t allow me to go to war because it’s too risky and they can’t afford to lose me, but they use me as a propaganda tool and they send me on a USO Tour. So there’s a whole Captain America song, and they try to make him a little bit of a celebrity to try and sell bonds. There is a Captain America song, and there was a week of shooting, and I had that song in my head. I couldn’t stop humming it! It was so annoying. But it’s a funny sequence actually."



So how do you feel about this Ledgers? Do you like that Captain America will be running around with a propaganda circus? I personally love it because it seems more realistic. I think that the US would shelter him out of fear of losing him. At least at the beginning.

[Power NeXus]

As long as he gets his fair share of action scenes too, I have no problem with a Captain American song.

[Erik-El]

I am pretty sure there will be plenty of action. I see it going something like this.

Rogers gets no respect from the soldiers who basically see him as an actor. Then something huge happens and bombs and gunfire are all over the place. Well Rogers then picks up his shield and cleans house and then all the soldiers see that he is the real deal. From then, Rogers is front lines.

[ckal]

I like it. It's going to help bring his character through his full arc. It's obviously going to be one of the reasons why he turns into such a bad ass. And from what I've heard and read about it from interviews, it sounds like that is exactly what happens. Cap decides he doesn't want to be some propaganda joke, and turns into the hero we know.

[Purrpura Bastette]

Hmm... Now I'm extremely curious as to how it sounds. What you said Erik sounds probable.

[ckal]

[Purrpura Bastette]

Hmm.. I'm pretty sure it's not going to sound exactly like that but thanks anyways ckal, lol.

[Crom-Cruach]

Kind of undermines the entire point

[ckal]

purps- Lol just imagine how silly that would be.

crom- Elaborate friend.

[Crom-Cruach]

The idea that they create a super-weapon then refuse to actually use it and only present it as a plot device is seems like contrary to the point and counter-intuitive tactically speaking.

[ckal]

I hear you, but I can understand the direction they are coming from. If the serum got destroyed, and they were only able to create one super soldier, they probably didn't want to risk sending him into battle and getting him killed. If he's dead, they probably have no chance to recreate/reverse engineer the serum and never have the opportunity to create another super soldier again, and figured the best use for him was to raise the troops' morale. Also, in the trailer, it seems that they have already tried 5 times before Steve, but unsuccessfully.

Yeah, there may have been a better way for the army to put him to use, but at that point I'm sure they were a little scared to lose him.

[ckal]

Also, I'm pretty sure there was a Captain America comic that used this USO story.

[Power NeXus]

Apr 16, 2011 18:02:12 GMT -5 Crom-Cruach said:

The idea that they create a super-weapon then refuse to actually use it and only present it as a plot device is seems like contrary to the point and counter-intuitive tactically speaking.

The super-soldier serum gets destroyed and he's the only link they still have to it. He will be too valuable to them to risk getting killed.

[Power NeXus]

Apr 16, 2011 17:55:35 GMT -5 ckal said:

purps- Lol just imagine how silly that would be.

crom- Elaborate friend.

That music is silly to us now, but this movie is set in the early 40s. I wouldn't actually be surprised if his theme song is something like that.

[ckal]

Oh I'm sure it will be.

[Erik-El]

Apr 16, 2011 20:20:30 GMT -5 ckal said:

I hear you, but I can understand the direction they are coming from. If the serum got destroyed, and they were only able to create one super soldier, they probably didn't want to risk sending him into battle and getting him killed. If he's dead, they probably have no chance to recreate/reverse engineer the serum and never have the opportunity to create another super soldier again, and figured the best use for him was to raise the troops' morale. Also, in the trailer, it seems that they have already tried 5 times before Steve, but unsuccessfully.

Yeah, there may have been a better way for the army to put him to use, but at that point I'm sure they were a little scared to lose him.

This is how I saw it as well and it seems perfectly reasonable to me.

[Power NeXus]

Apr 16, 2011 20:20:30 GMT -5 ckal said:

I hear you, but I can understand the direction they are coming from. If the serum got destroyed, and they were only able to create one super soldier, they probably didn't want to risk sending him into battle and getting him killed. If he's dead, they probably have no chance to recreate/reverse engineer the serum and never have the opportunity to create another super soldier again, and figured the best use for him was to raise the troops' morale. Also, in the trailer, it seems that they have already tried 5 times before Steve, but unsuccessfully.

Yeah, there may have been a better way for the army to put him to use, but at that point I'm sure they were a little scared to lose him.

Ah. I had taken that line in the trailer to mean that Steve had tried going to five different recruitment offices in five different cities and they had all rejected him.

[Erik-El]

I actually think that you may be right Delta. I think it was showcasing Steve's incredible will, patriotism, and refusal to give up.