Chris evens got talking about his Captain America role, and specifically about the costume.
It seems this will mostly be a war story and not about Rogers as a symbol just yet. We wont see him in the red white and blue digs until two thirds the way through the film.
“There’s a couple stages [of the suit]. Initially in the script, Steve [Rogers] isn’t Captain America right away. He gets the injection and isn’t asked to go to war right off the bat, he’s used in different areas and different facets. So he has a couple different stages of the suit. I don’t think he jumps in the final suit until the third act of the film” says Evans.
Evans added that the shield as well will be upgraded through the film – “During the USO tour, there’s obviously a different shield. He goes on a couple missions, goes AWOL, and takes the USO shield. Once he’s allowed to be this soldier and they outfit him with a new uniform, they decide to outfit him with an updated shield.”
Now I don’t mind this, as it is an origin story.
And unlike some other characters like Iron Man who couldn’t really BE Iron Man without his armour, Rogers is Captain America even without the suit and shield. It is the story about how he becomes this symbol and what he means to the American forces at that time.
He also suggests there will be two versions of the shield, so perhaps we will see the triangular Kite Shield first?
