| Posted: 04 Jul 2010 22:07 |
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Sebastian Stan, our Bucky for the Cap movie, plays a super yuppie douche bag in Hot Tub Time Machine.
I was pretty turned off by his character, Blaine, and was pretty disappointed to discover his name in the credits as the man who would play Bucky.
Some folks I talk to are equally turned off by Chris Evans, for the same reason that he's played a lot of characters that are pricks.
Will it be hard to root for them? I hope not ... I hope the costumes and musical scores really create rousing fealings of patriotism toward our heroes on the silver screen.
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| Posted: 05 Jul 2010 06:03 |
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Most, not all, but most actors just look at the business as a job and a paycheck. They may give the dog and poney show that they are "into the character" and "loved the script" but to be honest, it's just another role to them.
As someone who has done acting on stage, there have been some roles that I've been totally jazzed about and others that quite frankly, were dull to me, so I did the best I could.
Now, will this happen with Chris Evans and Sebastian? Boy I hope not. But, I don't have real high hopes for the movie anyway, so I'm probably the wrong person to ask. I mean seriously, for starters, what's with that nazi helmet and the fishnet shoulder pads they are putting on the Cap suit? Don't get me started, it's the fourth of july and I'm feeling patriotic so I'm not in the mood to unleash on the PC police.
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| Posted: 05 Jul 2010 18:22 |
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I'm with Cap Writer about Chris Evans, and being a long time viewer of At the Movies and Ebert and Roper and Siskel, Ebert did say he didn't like Evans. I always refer to Adam Sandler, which I haven't found any of his movies appealing (I just liked that scene where he fights Bob Barker), and Ebert hasn't endorsed any movies of Sandler, until he made a dramatic movie which Ebert and Roper gave 2 thumbs up (Can't think of that movie at this moment). So, since Hollywood likes Evans, he's been getting work here and there, he must have some appeal and acting chops that we can't see as an audience.
About Shaw, I was hoping for someone younger, more teenage looking, to play Bucky (Didn't like Chris ODonnell as Robin, too big, looking for that big, big brother or Wally and the Beaver look). Who knows until the movie comes out on how these 2 actors look together. Hopefully by then, I've forgotten about Chris Evans and just see Captain America.
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| Posted: 06 Jul 2010 03:01 |
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Yeah, but even if they do an awesome job as Captain America and Bucky, it doesn't mean that the actors aren't tools in real life or exhibit the qualities or character traits of the people that they portray. That's why they're actors. I have faith in Marvel Studios.
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| Posted: 06 Jul 2010 18:40 |
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I heard this story from a proprietor of a Movie memoriabilia store: A man who loved Beatles, collected lots of stuff from that musical group, records, posters, pins, books, vidoes, etc. for years. One day, he went down to a concert performed by McCartney. In the audience and just wanted to shake his hand, or like other concerts I've been to, wave your hands out there hoping the performer would slap it as an acknowlegement, ...but got shoved aside by the bodyguard. At that time of the story, he was dumping his collection and getting that store to sell off his stuff.
I hope that what you're reading and researching into these actors (and others) won't cause you to be jilted and hurt to a point where you actually dump your love for Captain America comics (For me, many times in the past I almost dumped Cap).
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| Posted: 07 Jul 2010 03:46 |
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It is called acting for a reason. The thing is, a lot of really great heroic actors were real jerks off screen. And a lot of guys who played mosterous jerks were actually decent, loyal, and even heroic individuals.
That they have played a bunch of jerks suggests that they will likely bust their backs making their characters as Cap and Bucky believable and heroic. If they don't make them heroes they won't get the chance to play anyone but jerks again in the future.
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