‘It seems like he knows the world incredibly well,’ the actor tells MTV News of Joss Whedon during Comic-Con.

Chris Evans was already at San Diego Comic-Con to promote his highly anticipated Marvel film “Captain America,” but the actor made a big splash when he appeared onstage at the studio’s Saturday panel, along with the full cast lineup of “The Avengers.”

Evans took the stage alongside director Joss Whedon and fellow castmembers Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johannson, Clark Gregg, Chris Hemsworth and newcomers Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner. And earlier Saturday, during the MTV News live stream, Evans talked about how excited he was to work with Whedon on the 2012 culmination of the stand-alone Marvel superhero films.

“It seems like he knows the world incredibly well. It seems like this world respects him back. It seems like he’s the guy for the job,” Evans said of the director. “He did a pass on the ‘Captain America’ script, and it was just phenomenal. All the little tweaks he made, he really knows storytelling; he really knows dialogue and script writing, and that’s always a comforting thing.”  Read full article.

‘Initially in the script, Steve isn’t Captain America right away,’ Evans explained about Captain America’s appearance in the film.

When Chris Evans suits up as Captain America for “Captain America: The First Avenger,” due out next summer, there will be several incarnations of his costume throughout the movie.

“So far, so good. I think it’s a process. I’ve been working on other projects, so there hasn’t been as much time as I would have liked to be in London and kind of go through trial by error to make it the best, most comfortable thing in the world,” he told MTV News at Comic-Con in San Diego about his fittings thus far for the outfits he will wear as Captain America in the flick.

“But it’s not bad. It’s a World War II movie, so I think a little bit of a cumbersome feel to it and something that’s a bit chunkier … not only serves the time period, I think it looks better,” he added. “It’s not this sleek spandex suit. It looks like something you might wear in the ’40s in the middle of a war.”  Read full article.

Joe Johnston Hugo Weaving and Chris Evans sat down with EW.com for a video interview. Unfortunately, I am unable to embed the video for you to view. What I have done instead, is transcribe portions of the interview. I left out the questions and answers from Johnston and Evans that we have all heard over and over.

This from EW.com…

You guys are just beginning to shoot this movie. Correct?

Johnston: Correct.

EW: How far along are you into it?

Johnston, Evans and Weaving:(In Harmony) Two weeks.

EW: What has it been like to play Captain America?

Evans: It’s been fantastic. It’s a little, you know it’s intimidating. You know, coming to the set and seeing the magnitude of everything and remembering who your working with, the caliber of the director and actors that you have around you, it’s, it can be daunting at times. But I’m trying to just look at it as another job.

EW: Your playing sort of the embodiment of all that is great about the country.

Evans: Sure.

Weaving:(talking to Evans and smiling)We don’t want to pressure you or anything.

EW: And your playing Red Skull.

Weaving:Johann Shmidt is an ex SS officer who has his own branch of the German Army under his command. He’s a scientist who is interested in developing armaments and also developing and harnessing the power of a, of a, sort of unusual energy source which has spiritual connections.

Johnston: And whats the name of his branch?

Weaving:HYDRA.

Johnston:HYDRA.

Hawksblueyes: This sounds interesting. Was Weaving refering to The Cosmic Cube before mentioning HYDRA?  [Source]

‘I think you want the audience … to look at him and see the little guy,’ actor says of his character in ‘Captain America: The First Avenger.’ 

In “Captain America: The First Avenger,” not only will Steve Rogers’ suit and shield go through a few transformations, the man behind Captain America will have to transform from scrappy wannabe soldier to full-fledged action hero. And the movie’s star, Chris Evans, says that the studio has figured out the perfect way to do it, using technology to shrink him down to play the smaller than Captain America-sized Steve.

“They got some great stuff going on right now. Initially they were going to do all body replacement — hire another actor completely and have this skinny body do the scene and do face replacement,” Evans told MTV News at Comic-Con in San Diego. “But I guess the first couple tests weren’t what they were hoping it would be, and then they decided to go with just shrinking me down. They did a couple tests. It looks fantastic and it’s really going to be a big transition.”  Read full article.

One of the biggest reveals to occur during this year’s Comic-Con was the first look at Chris Evans in his “Captain America” costume shown during Marvel’s movie panel Saturday evening.

Marvel’s teaser only gave us a brief look at Evans in the familiar red, white, and blue suit, so when we got some time to chat with the “Captain America” lead, we had to ask: how much more will we see him in costume during the film? [WARNING: Potential SPOILERS!]

“There’s a couple stages [of the suit],” Evans told MTV News. “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.”

According to Evans, those various stages of the costume will involve some time as a USO performer — a role which inspires the look of the costume. That look involves a few different versions of Cap’s shield, too. Read full article.