Right on the heels of the announcement of Marvel’s lineup into 2011 the rumour mill is already churning. The first of those rumours is that Matthew McConaughey is being considered to play Captain America.
Matthew McConaughey is Marvel Studio’s top choice to play the lead role in Captain America, which is currently scheduled to hit theaters on May 6th 2011. I’m sure that a contract has not-yet-been-signed, especially considering the project was only officially announced yesterday morning. What this all means is that nothing is set in stone.
I think this could be a perfect fit. People will say that Cap needs to be a bigger guy, but McConaughey is pretty damned buff. And he has the good old American good looks and charm to pull of the spandex boyscout.
However I am certain that they will have to do something different with the outfit. No Superhero film in the last decade and a half has bothered to try spandex as an outfit (except Superman & Spidey – but you don’t touch that) but they have been close. The molded neoprene digs like Batman and Robin or even Daredevil have been the going rate of style lately.
I hope that the fan expectations that Captain America: The First Avenger will be filmed in WWII with a more classic era Captain fighting the Red Skull. Or at least start it out in that era. Then with the planned Avengers movie months later, reveal a cleaner more modern armoured Cap instead of the Star Spangled Pajamas.
But considering Matthew McConaughey, I would actually prefer to see him as Thor. Maybe its just the hair.
