Will Smith to play Captain America????
This piece of news is pretty hard to swallow, but it is news. Now it’s not that I don’t like Will Smith, but Captain America? Come on! There’s really nothing more to say as you can read the entire story over at MTV.com. Let us know what you think of this one.
Source: MTV Movies Blog
if true, the iron man movie will make zillions of dollars.
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BAD IDEA!!! LET THE GUY WHO PLAYED THE PUNISHER BE CAPTIAN AMERICA!!!
The one person that would really be great for Captain America is James VanDerBeek. Think about it. He has the look, the “All American” quality, and he can pull off the right age for the character. As far as any flash back scenes to WWII – he could pull the look off. I’m not much of a fan of his, but as a fan of these comics and movies, he would be the sensible choice to play this character and would keep with the originality of the story line altogether.
Does anybody remember Catwoman, Wild Wild West, The Honeymooners. They were all flops. Changing a characters race does not work! The audience does not accept it. There’s are plenty of black comic book characters to work from.
Iron man the movie lost me right at the end after the credits who’s the moron that changed the race of Nick Fury “Nick Fury WAS NOT BLACK!!!!!” the original”S.H.E.I.L.D agent Nick Fury” movie cast Curt Russel as Nick Fury and he is the only right person to play the role of Nick Fury. Shaft as Nick Fury totaly ruined Iron Man! DONT CHANGE THE RACE OF THE CHARACTERS!! IT RUINS THE MOVIES. True comic book fans will catch the screwups and it will flop the movie. If you want to make a great movie based on a comic book READ THE COMICS and get your characters strait.
Sorry I am just so angry about the blatant screwup of the movie it was not Kurt Russel it was David Hasselhoff and as it is in the comic books it is just a disquise for one mission for him to be black and he was ridiculed by another agent as it was his worst diquise ever.
nick fury is black in ultimate avengers
Generally speaking I would be offended about the comments made on this post about a black man playing the role of Captain America but being a huge comic book fan of this comic in particular I have to agree. I don’t want Will Smith in the role of Captain America either. I prefer when the movies are kept in line with the comics that they are supposed to represent. I just hope that they don’t muck up Thor.
Me you want to hear what I think? well I think Will Smith should not even be considered for the role because he is not the cap type and secondly he is black no freakin way should captain america be portrayed as a black man don’t get me wrong will is a good actor but thats like putting a black guy in as adolf hitler CAPTAIN AMERICA IS F—-NG WHITE WITH BLONDE HAIR BLUE EYES AND IT WILL I REPEAT IT WILL RUIN THE MOVIE IF THEY DO THIS!
If they put Will Smith in the movie HE should play Nick Fury, not some old guy who still thinks he can move. And they should also change the actor who plays hulk to wee man, just saying.
None of you guys have girl friends huh?
How about that guy on FAST AND FURIOUS, not Vin Diesel but the other guy!!! He just need to bulk up a bit, he has the blond hair already..??? I think he would fit the suite and the character really well
The best pic for captain america is Jon Cena, not Will Smith maybe for Luke Cage, but Jon Cena from WWE was pretty good in The Marine he has the classic Captain America build and will be the perfect choice, THOR; HHH for WWE but you really cant have some puny guys playing those guys it takes away from the effect of the chacters.
PASS THE WORD.
i agree wit all of you guys…will smith..uhh who knows? theres tons of good actors that wants the shot!!! and you guys know they will get it.. like they have Colin farrel, LL cool J, kane from wwe,and anybody that wants a another big chance into the big screen… the point of all this it doesnt matter whos in the screen we all going to see it…
Okay, 2 things:
1) Nick Fury IS black in The Ultimate Avengers & other story arcs in the Marvel-verse, as stated by Dave.
2) Will Smith is a good actor, but NOT Captain America… maybe as Black Panther, maybe even Luke Cage! That would be bad ass if Power Man were in the Avengers movie, but he CAN’t play Captain America because of the source material. I was always able to accept Fury as dual races, but ICONS CAN’T BE CHANGED!!! What if the Black Panther were changed to a white man?
Oh, and HHH can’t be Thor, either. He doesn’t look it & he’s a HORRIBLE actor.
will smith as captain america umm no way ..as some one else said..you make Cap black may as well make Black Panther white and thor a skinny lil asian guy..its just wrong
The fact that the guys is black seems to be a MAJOR sticking point with you people. Saying NO WAY he can’t do it because he’s black, and only because he’s black, but I’m not racist is exactly what racism is. BTW: I don’t think he should do it either, it’s changing something that doesn’t have to be change and by doing that it would change everything about the character. Making Cap black changes the whole idea of what Cap reperesented during WWII
I am truly shocked at the racial outrage expressed on these boards. Don’t worry, they won’t let Cap be anything but the ARYAN ideal you are all used to. It would be messed up to make Black Panther white, especially with the “Black” thing in the title and being the ruler of an African nation and all(Little bit different than Cap. A better response would be, “What if they made the Falcon white?”) However, I do not agree with Phazoule’s insulting crap about a white boy being “All-American” (really? That’s what All-American means?). Not to mention the first super-soldier was black. Even if you dont want to deal with any retconned stuff, I am truly shocked at the blatant racist outpouring on here. I do not wish to see Will Smith as Cap because it doesnt work as far as the type of actor Will is. I’m sure it could be pulled off with the right actor, regardless of race. Whites have played other races for decades, its not unheard of.
For decades, I believed that comic book readers were better than normal people because they were imaginative and open-minded, I have to say I have never been more sorry to be wrong.
-And Sam Jackson is AWESOME as Nick Fury! I agree with Eddie- some of you guys need girlfriends.
i think that Will Smith will be a good captain america, he is one of my favorite actors and i think he’ll do just fine as captain america
Lol yeah some of you guys are really racist, Will Smith could pull off an amazing Cap, but still, they should try to stick to the comic book, because during the WWII era, they did take a Caucasian male for the super soldier serum thing, but w/e
I agree with dion johnson…cena for cap..triple H for thor…
Triple H wouldn’t be a good Thor? look at the guy..he has the classic norseman features….I think he’d be perfect…tho true his acting is a bit lame..but this is a COMIC book movie after all…
CENA and HHH would be good, but WWE couldnt keep their hands out of it then, Marvel needs to be left alone when doing these films. they know what the fans want to see.
Hancock needs to stay out of the film
Don. T, thank you for compairing Captain America to Hitler.
Amazed, there isn’t much racism here, just people wanting their white character played by a white actor. Its just like buying something out a a catalog, you’re expecting to get what the picture shows. Phazoule’s “insulting crap” was just saying an actor had All-American quality. Not “All-American = White”. Unless the black actor is really good at playing a white guy, it can’t be pulled off.
You people calling everyone else racist, you’re f***ing idiots.
Racism is the hatred or intolerance of another race or other races. Nobody is saying they hate black people.
i just can’t see Will Smith as captain America. He just doesn’t have the attitude. The Capt. was a military man who was a bit gunho and believed in following orders and the chain of command. Most of the parts will Smith has played revolved around going against the status quo. I dont think he can pull off being a team sort of guy.
btw why cant a white guy play black panther. Are there not white people living in African towns.
I just can’t see Will Smith playing Captain America, for the simple fact that Will is black and Captain America is white and always have been. Besides Capt. America is more of a stiff Military guy and ya know Will Smith personality is a little more upbeat cool guy. Even though he can act his ass off. And before someone calls me a racist, I’m black so throw that out the door. Just stick to the script… You don’t wanna make the creators angry…
I’m black and I don’t see Will as Cap like most of you said maybe Black Panther
I think that Will Smith is a great actor but, you match an actor to a character, not a character to actor. If Captain America is a white man then you must not stray from the characteristics of the character. Assign a white man to the role and put Will Smith, a black man, to a black character. It’s as simple as that. Don’t make it an explosive racial issue. I’m black and I think you put black actors to black characters and white actors to white characters. Nick Fury I believe was white in the comic books but I’ve never read them so i’m not sure.
Bruce Campbell for Captain America!!!!!
I like to follow lines as well and I;m black however Jesus is portrayed as white as well as Moses. perhaps they have to change the image due to the change in culture . Remember Cap was created in a very bad time frame.
Change in culture? Maybe Captain America should a black man that is openly gay? How about instead of a shield he uses a purse? How about we rewrite everything ever made to make all the people with sticks up their butts happy?? That will maybe help the chips on your shoulders feel better. Maybe Santa should be black? His elves white?? Will that help racial tension? Breath in breath out…..The bible should be the next thing rewritten to match the “changes in culture”. I am not black or white. I am human as you all are should try to act towards each other. The eyes divide. Close them for a different perspective. It a comic book hero and a movie. Put the chips down, take the hands out of your pants and go out and enjoy the fresh air!! Oh yeah, no texting either…….Peace.
NO no no no no no no no. Will Smith as Captain America just wouldn’t work. I am a Will Smith fan but this is a terrible idea. I’m not sure I like the idea of someone like Brad Pitt either, but at least he could pull it off. I could see them getting someone like Channing Tatum…a young hollywood stud, but I would like to see a more polished actor than that. Since they casted a fairly new actor to play Thor we might see another relatively unknown to play Cap…I just couldn’t take Will Smith seriously as the leader of the Avengers.
Some very odd opinions but I had to say a few words about Samuel L Jackson playing Nick Fury. In issue 4 of the Ultimates Nick Fury is sat around with Hank Pym, Janet Von Dyne discussion if there were a movie, which actors they’d want to play them in a movie and Nick says Samuel L Jackson. So when I saw the end of the Iron Man movie I was punching the air. Perfect casting for Tony Stark and for Nick Fury. I just hope they keep an eye on the Ultimates when casting for the different avengers characters. But so far perfect in my opinion. For Captain America I would suggest someone who looks like he was plucked from the beaches of Normandy in 1944. No one immediately comes to mind but am thinking of watching Saving Private Ryan for inspiration.
Ok in Marvels Ultimate Universe, Nick Fury is black or african american, I think alot of the movies that are marvel are being based off of the Ultimate Series, But Hell no Captain America should be played by a white hes been white for 70 plus years i hate when these aholes get in there and screw up something that had years in the making just like screwed up spider-man NICE JOB WITH THAT IDIOTS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah_Bradley
this would be the cap will smith would be playing. All of you need to get your facts straight. The first person who they used a then experimental super soldier serum on was black Isaiah Bradley, because of the racism of the times it would make sense that they would experiment on blacks first instead of using it on the blonde-haired blue-eye Steve Rogers. also during ww2 cause the steve rogers cap was delayed and was not going to be able to help storm the beaches of normandy, they chose Isaiah Bradley on a “suicide mission” to infiltrate a secret lab where nazi scientist were attempting to duplicate the ss serum.
I am sorry very sorry for us true Marvel fans! True comic book readers, I can not and will not agree with who ever it may be that thinks and sees nothing wrong with having Will Smith as Cap. As many here, this has nothing to do with being a racist, this has to do with sticking with the story. If they insist with Mr. Smith, they should use him for the testing of the ss, and KILL HIM right in the start of the film. Then bring Steve Rogers on boared. I am very excited of finally being able to watch these heros live on the big screen, but with this excitment, I also have such a fear that Hollywood has so much control over our heros and can do much in what they see fit.
I hate how Hollywood can destroy, trash, and break what can and is a great story in the comic book world. Look at DareDevil & Elecktra, I have never and will never watch these films. The actors where horrible! And What about the King Pin??? Why??? So would they use the same actor if they ever want to have K.P. in any Spidey movie? Is there anyone, someone who can really give our concerns to the hollywood big shots, the directors anyone who will keep the characters the way they should be. Does Stan the man Lee have any sayso in this? I truely hope they do not cast Will smith, because I will be very sad as I walk in to watch it on the screen. Are there any people on this that may want to walk on the front door of Marvel studios to be heard????
Ur fukin racists
Ohh no its not that he’s black oh yes it is u fucking racists
Yea let let wwe fans pick cap anyone who says cena should be cap is a douchebag
The Marine was the worst movie in cinema history
if u racist idiots can get over your whitebred bs will smith makes sense
Next thing u know well have a black president or something
the real problem wouldn’t be cap being a black man now. But iin the middle of ww2 cap was a leader of the allied powers in a way that no black person of the time could have achieved.the army was still segregated and had small entirely black platoons.
Honestly i cant remember a film with Wil Smith that i didnt like. However i just dont see him pulling off a Super Soldier!
Even when he bulked up for iRobot he was still way too skinny to be cap. Sorry but if that is the final cast then i will be very disapointed.
As a comic book reader of Captain America and Avengers please don’t change the race of the comic book hero. Captain America is a white dude and should stay that way. Make Will Smith the President of the United States I can live with that. I do like Samuel Jackson as Nick Fury because he is good actor. Now we get Will Smith’s son to ruin another good movie I grew up with, Karate Kid. All the remakes make me sick.
Political correctness has destroyed many things. Let’s hope it doesn’t ruin these Marvel Movies. Tobey Maguire was an excellent Peter Parker. Robert Downey Jr, was my pic when I was 10 (I’m 31 now) for Tony Stark. I always knew he was the guy to play that role (I miss the red and white armor though). Has anyone said that Wesley Snipes would be a Great black Panther? He’s proven in Blade, he has the moves. Although since he’s been Blade already, maybe Blade will make an appearance. Will Smith as Cap, no thanks. He can’t bulk up enough to pull off Cap anyway. Maybe he can be Giant Man. Cena would be a good Cap (Ultimate Avengers style Cap), but he better take more acting lessons to increase his range. A good Thor (Who is playing Thor, anyway?) would be Eric, the Scandinavian Vampire from True Blood.
Guys, it’s not racism to want something you’ve been loyal to your whole life to stay the same. What if Transformers 3 came out, and surprise surprise, they used Go-Bot’s instead of Transformers. People would flip out. I don’t want Leader 1, I want Optimus. I don’t want Cy-Kill, I want GALVATRON (that would be pimpin’). Also, I loved Hot Rod, hated Rodimus Prime. And if they DO, use Hot Rod in Transformers 3, they should use the same voice actor, Judd Nelson.
I want Cap the way he always has been, MY ENTIRE LIFE (except for that one Marvel Max, where they had a Black Super Soldier first, before Steve Rogers). I started reading Captain America in the 80′s near issue, 300 I believe. The Red Skull was in Washington, in a cloned body of Steve Rogers. I have good memories of that cap, and I want him to remain that way. Like in the Bloodstone series where Cap and Diamondback worked together. Will Crossbones make an appearance in the movie?
Oh, and for all those people saying not wanting a black person to play Ca[tain America makes you a racist, how many people would have accepted Jaleel White (Steve Urkel) as Peter Parker in the Spider-man movies. Hollywood knew that would be a bad choice, so they went with a geeky, scrawny white boy. Good choice on that one, Hollywood. 2 thumbs up
For those mentioning race…the ORIGINAL Captain America was a black guy…read your history!! However I still think Will Smith would be a huge mistake. To me thats like Hallie Berry as Catwoman…not because of race but simply because it seems desperate. Don’t just grab a star for thrills, get a good actor and make a good movie. I hate when they try to get the star to sell the movie…this movie should be so good that it creates the star! Its Captain America for crying out loud.
Will Smith as a hero should be left at Hancock…black or white (ya’ll too sensitive by the way) Will Smith would not do. Even as an actual black hero in the MArvel universe I would not choose Will Smith. Give me Mike Jai White (Spawn) if anyone or find a new face! I’d love to see Triple H as Thor but no other Wrestler should be in the hero movies…too gimmicky. Give me Triple H and a well crafted storyline that makes me forget who he really is..show me that he can act and sell his character to me. I’m black and I could careless about the “racial” comments, I understand what people want and it has nothing to do with color, sell me a movie that I believe is real…trick me into believing I’m 8 again and holding my action figures while I watch and I will not think twice about the color of that person just like I didnt back then. If I think about the color, then it was probably a shitty movie to begin with…like DAredevil…Ha yep it was crap.
is this really an issue?….changin of race?….shouldn’t really matter…it wouldn’t be the first time…i mean, they did it to Jesus didn’t they…so a black or white (how about a brown or yellow) Capt. America shouldn’t matter as long as the character is believeable…..(though the fresh prince would suck as the Cap. in my opionion)….
If you want lousy scientologist actors to play important roles, then why not Kirstie Alley as Cap? Or do all you guys hate women, too? She’s a better actor than Tom Cruise or Travolting.
I am a Black male and I find it funny that there is a such thing as black roles and white roles. I am well aware of Capt. America being a blonde hair, blue eyed, military guy, but times have evolved. It should be the best actor for the role. Some of you might not be racist but you are stuck on stereotypes. Do any of you have a problem with a black man playing God in moviies even thought God is depicted as a white man majority of the time. How many of you found it akward that some movies had black men playing the presient before We had a black president in real life. Blacks and White are more similar then we think. Stop trying to push away different and embrace it. God Bless
i will not see it no way and i know alot of other people who will not put him in the cap uniform u will be shooting yourself in the head not the foot
Racism has absolutely nothing to do with this issue at all……..I like lots of black actors, but Will Smith sucks, bottom line, he already completely ruined one iconic character in James West in the absolutely horrible version of Wild, Wild West and has no business getting the chance to do it again…….Thank goodness the producers of Captain America had the good sense not to go ahead with this ill conceived idea…….I hope they make a Black Panther film and a Luke Cage film and Will Smith would not be good for either one of those either, plenty of quality black actors who could do those roles justice………
i like Will Smith, but come on man!
i wouldn’t even pick Will Smith for Luke Cage or Black Panther.
now Omar Epps could be Black Panther….or maybe a no name actor.
im fine with that plus they’re less likely to get a big head and refuse to do a sequel im not gonna mention any names (terrance howard) cuz im not like that.
lets get that one cat from Fight or Duke from the whack @$$ G I Joe movie. or hell even some schlub from down the street would work. Its Cap, all the heads will watch it no matter who plays him. so lets go ahead and do it right.
The bottom line is that since the positioning of racial images is about money, Hollywood will always play to the racial stereotypes, making it the biggest supplier of global racism that exists. Whites will always be super heroes and the good guys while blacks are pimps, prostitutes, Asians will be under handed and sneaky, Hispanics stupid and dirty. And now after 911 Hollywood have Arabs and Muslims. Notice the Hollywood formula is really tilted toward the supremacy of White males, who get all the women under all circumstances; never die, go anywhere in the world and beat any culture at their own game. Yeah and Stan Lee does it also, I have been reading Marvel Comics ever since the 70’s and he also uses the same formula, because it is the American formula. It is so funny when white people say “I am not a racist but”, watch out for that but, why because the card has just been played. If you don’t believe me read about Walter A Plecker. Not only did he play the card he invented the game. Smart white boy that Plecker kinda rhymes with pecker hey I am not a racist but, ha, ha, ha Make that money
he could pull it off…i’d prefer someone white…and I’M BLACK.
just sayin…there are alot of other great options.but we all know WILL could pull it off.
I agree with John. Let Thomas Jane be Captain America.
how about John Cena as Captain America?
I would rather see Triple H as Thor and Bobby Lashey as the Black Pather
Those guys would be perfect for these parts.
I think Will Smith is a great actor, but not for the part of Captain America
If you followed the comic books like I have, John Cena would be a great Cap…He fits into everything. SO all you people that are sayin Cena wouldn’t make a good Cap you so full of yourself
Will is a great actor in all the character he played but i dont think the costume of captain america will not suit him because the costume will only look good to a white guy ,blonde hair and blue eyes. try to imagine black guy in red,white and blue suit, not unless you will changed Will Smith appearance and turn him to a white guy, blonde hair and blue eyes. If they really want Will Smith in the avengers movie they should include hancock as one of the hero in the movie.
Just a little fun fact the first captain was black he could make an
apearance in it for true comic fans that actually know there history
of comics
The first captain america was not black, he was just the first human guinea pig to test the serum on. U all need to get the fact of the comic straight. In the comic they used a black guy first to test the ss serum on a human subject, but that doesn’t mean he was the first captain america. Secondly, nick fury could be black or white, as he has been in the comics, so the role of samuel jackson as nick fury works. I remember when I was a kid, I watched a movie that had captain america in it and he was played by freakin eric roberts, and to be honest, id rather see will smith as cap than eric roberts. In my honest opinion, since captain america is set during wwII and it is 1941, they shud stick to the story s that would only be more realistic to the times. But if they’re bringin the story into todays times, and creating a soldier from somebody who was in say, the gulf war, why couldn’t they make cap black? As long as they make it believable and entertaining, ill watch. Whether captain america is black white whatever doesn’t matter.
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sure why not heck lets make him arabian or maybe french i no maybe israley ha good thing they used common sense and stuck to the story capt america is white has been white and should remain so now if they come up with a story line where it is not the original captian america then by all means live it up an make him black
I have a great one for all of you that want to sit here and say that we should change characters that are white and make them black because you are all so afraid of causing racist tendencies. I mean, why not these days? I think that the slogan goes like this…”We need to inject a little color into the role” Well from an artists point of view….black is defined as the absence of color….right?! So I have put together a list of upcoming movie character roles along with actors that can “pull it off.” And I beLIEve you will all be lining up for these very exciting roles. Cause they are great actors and all!
1) Anthony Hopkins as Martin Luther King
2) Al Pacino as Malcolm X
3) Ryan Reynolds as Blade “Blood Lust”
4) Robert DeNiro as Muhammed Ali
5) Daniel-Day Lewis as Hank Aaron
6) Glenn Close as Rosa Parks
7) Joe Pesci as B B King
8) Adam Sandler as Tiger Woods
9) Matthew McConahey as Michael Jordan
and finally…..
10) Jason Statham as Barrack Obama
I mean, why not? Let’s change everything…You don’t like it? I know it sounds stupid doesn’t it? Why change characters that have been around for years just because it doesn’t suit your tastes or you wish the artist would have seen the vision for his character your way? Doesn’t the creator have a say in the casting of “HIS” creation? All of you and any of you that think this way should have respect for the artist that created the character or……MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF IT YOURSELF FIRST!!!
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