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]

‘Captain America just changes things, and there’s really no off switch once you walk down that road,’ actor says of his most high-profile role.

For most actors, one would think the idea of tackling the role of a famed superhero like Captain America would be the opportunity of a lifetime. An “easy yes,” as they say in the biz. However, for the newly anointed star-spangled-superhero Chris Evans, the decision to take on the iconic character was a lot more complicated than simply saying yes or no to the part.

“No, it wasn’t an easy yes,” Evans told MTV News when he stopped by the MTV News/ MySpace Comic-Con livestream. “I get nervous. I get nervous in things like this [referring to interviews and public appearances]. Captain America means a lot of this.”  Read full article.

Captain America: The First Avenger marks a new beginning for actor Chris Evans and Marvel Comic’s as well. I have reason to believe that Evans will be the face of the entire movie line. From the 2012 release of the Avengers movie to Hulk, Iron Man 3, or any other future Marvel release, Captain America will have a big part in it. Starting with the cast of ‘The First Avenger’ Chris Evans wasn’t their first choice for the lead.

Several others topped Marvels list for the lead roll as Steve Rogers. Like Garrett Hedlund, John Krasinski, Mike Vogel etc. but a busy work load for some of these up and coming stars would keep them from meeting Marvel’s demands. Marvel needed someone who wasn’t in such high demand at the time, but still maybe have the appeal to become an in house super star. So they look no further then their very own ‘Human Torch’, Chris Evans. A good young actor whose yet to play a lead in a blockbuster film but good enough to do so.  Read full article.

CHRIS Evans is having a hard time handling his shield!

The Hollywood hunk is playing Captain America in a new movie take on the comic book tale but not all is going to plan.

“The hardest part is the shield,” says Chris of his character’s famous star-spangled accessory.

“We’ve been testing a lot of shields to find one with the right look but the one we have is pretty heavy.

“I’m not sure I can throw it that far! Hopefully they’ll have some sort of stunt shield when it comes to actually chucking it!”

Evans recently admitted he spent “a couple of weeks” deciding whether he wanted to play Captain America.

“It was a couple of weeks of weighing up all the options,” he said earlier this year. “There was certainly a period where I was shying away from the movie.

“It’s intimidating. It’s pretty daunting. There’s certainly a life-changing role there and that was part of the process. Did I want to take this on?

“I like supporting roles, I like the way my life is now and I have the best of both worlds. This would potentially change that. But you know what? This could be a good thing.” [Source]

Chris Evans has expressed his delight over the costume for Captain America: The First Avenger.

Leaked concept art for the costume shows a familiar design which lacks the head-mounted wings of the original.

“It’s an amazing costume,” Evans told Empire.

“Given the fact that his costume is red, white and blue, and it’s tight, and it could be kind of flash and over the top – and given the fact that the movie takes place in the ’40s and ’50s – they’ve done a really good job of making it look really cool.

“I think everyone that’s going to see it is going to say, ‘Okay, well done. Well done. I think they got the costume right. The casting they completely ruined, but the costume they nailed.’”

No photos or stills of Evans in his costume have been released as of yet. [Source]