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147 SIMPLY ABU DHABI CAPTAIN AMERICA THE FIRST AVENGER Captain America: The First Avenger is an upcoming 2011 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America. The film stars Chris Evans as Captain America with Joe Johnston directing a script by David Self, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, and Joss Whedon. The film will be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is scheduled for release on July 22, 2011. The film is scheduled to be released in 3D. In 1942, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) is deemed physically unfit to enlist in the U.S. Army and fight the Nazis in World War II. Volunteering instead for Project: Rebirth, a secret military operation, he is physically transformed into a super-soldier dubbed Captain America. With sidekick Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), he fights the Red Skull (Hugo Weaving), Hitler’s treacherous head of advanced weaponry, whose own plan for world domination involves a seemingly magical object known as the Tesseract. Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America: A sickly young man who is enhanced to the peak of human perfection by an experimental serum in order to aid the United States war effort. Evans said he declined the part three times before signing a six-picture deal with Marvel, explaining that, “At the time, I remember telling a buddy of mine, ‘If the movie bombs, I’m f***ed. If the movie hits, I’m f***ed! I was just scared. I realized my whole decision-making process was fear-based, and you never want to make a decision out of fear. I can’t believe I was almost too chicken to play Captain America”. He ultimately agreed to the role, saying, “I think Marvel is doing a lot of good things right now, and it’s a fun character. ... I think the story of Steve Rogers is great. He’s a great guy. Even if it were just a script about anybody, I would probably want to do it. So it wasn’t necessarily about the comic itself.” Evans also said the film will include humor, finding a “happy medium” between “glossy” and “fantastical”Spider-Man and Fantastic Four films, and darker films like The Dark Knight. On this aspect, he compared The First Avenger to Iron Man Tommy Lee Jones as Col. Chester Phillips: In the early comics, Phillips recruited Steve Rogers to join Project Rebirth, the secret experiment that created the Super Soldier known as Captain America. The character will be updated for the film. Jones described his character as “the one you’ve seen in a thousand movies: the gruff, skeptical officer overseeing a team of talented, slightly sarcastic, specially talented soldiers”. Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter: A freedom fighter during World War II and the love interest of Captain America. Regarding her preparation for the role Atwell remarked, “We’ve got a fabulous crew and team of people working with us and I’m training at the moment six days a week to make her a bit more military and make it convincing that I could kick butt. But it’s great fun and I’m really looking forward to doing it”. About the character Atwell stated, “I likened her character to that famous Ginger Rogers quote. She can do everything Captain America can do, but backwards and in high heels. She’s an English soldier through and through, although she always looks fabulous. She might stand there with a machine-gun shooting Nazis, but she’s obviously gone to the loo beforehand and applied a bit of lipstick. She doesn’t need to be rescued. That’s exciting to me – her strength”. Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes: An orphan who befriends Captain America and becomes his sidekick. Trade sources said Stan has signed on for “five or six pictures”. Stan revealed that he didn’t know anything about the comic books but watched a lot of documentaries and films about World War II in preparation for the role, calling Band of Brothers “very helpful”. About the role Stan stated, “Steve Rogers and Bucky are both orphans and kind of like brothers. They kind of grow up together and look after each other. It’s a very human, relatable thing.... I also wanted to look out for how their relationship changes once Steve Rogers becomes Captain America. There’s always a competition and they’re always one-upping each other. I paid attention to how Bucky is affected by Steve’s change and suddenly Steve is this leader”. Starring: Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Toby Jones, Neal McDonough, Derek Luke and Stanley Tucci. Directed by: Joe Johnston Release Date: July 22nd 2011 Studio: Paramount Pictures – www.paramount.com For further information please visit: www.captainamerica.com