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Why Garrett Hedlund Will PROBABLY Be Captain America

Read off these reasons for why Garret Hedlund will probably don the red, white and blue.

So obviously we know the Captain America casting seems to finally be nearing its final stages, we know Hugo Weaving is (likely) the Red Skull which is perfect, and we know that Marvel has Wilson Bethel, Chris Evans, Mike Vogel and Garrett Hedlund lined up as there final four Cap possibilities.

I strongly think Garrett Hedlund will get the role, and here is why.

1. He has the perfect prescence for Steve Rogers. He has blonde hair, blue eyes, deep voice, perfect height and really does look like Steve Rogers much better then the other choices are (well except maybe Chris Evans, who looks less like Steve still).

2. I think Hedlund is totally meant to be a leading man and this looks to be pefect role for him to get his big start out with.

3. In the long run, we need someone that is young, but can still be effective bossing the likes of Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth and Edward Norton around. Garrett is the only one on the list that could definantly do this without a doubt.

4. Garrett will be in Tron Legacy, which is being released in 2011. It would be a smart move to cast him as Cap as well because they are both set to be released around the same time and both films would definantly make Garrett a breakout star, which would be perfect for when The Avengers rolls around, Garrett could be well known somewhat.

5. Tron Legacy is being distributed(?) by Disney, and all of us are aware that Disney has Marvel as a subsidiary.

6. It seems like Hedlund is Marvel's top choice for Cap. He did not even get to screen test the first go around because of scheduling issues, yet he is still on there radar for the second go around. Granted, Mike Vogel and Wilson Bethel were both on the first list but Marvel already knows what they are capable of from there screentests. I think that they are just keeping Vogel and Bethel around because they liked there performance, and in case Hedlund wont be able to don the Cap suit, they will still have Vogel and Bethel lined up to take it away.

8. Considering Hugo Weaving will likely be our Red Skull, we need someone that could act along side him and come off serious. Can you honestly picture Evans, Vogel and Bethel looking anything but stupid compared to Weaving? Hedlund vs Weaving is totally beleivable.

7. The Avengers starring Garrett Hedlund, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Edward Norton, Samuel L. Jackson as Scarlett Johansson definantly sounds like a winning combination, dont it?
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67 Comments

I guess..... The more I watch the old seasons of Supernatural, the more I want my buddy Dean a.k.a. Jensen to be Cap America
telavizion - 3/12/2010, 3:45 AM
WHY DOES EVERYONE HAVE THIS GAY HERO WORSHIPPING SHIT ON HERE? HE IS ON A CW SHOWB PEOPLE! HE'S LIKE A MLODERN JAMES VANDER BEAK OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. JUST B/C EVERYONE WANTS TO CIRCLE JERK EACHOTHER WHILE HE'S ON SCREEN ISNT A REASONABLE EXCUSE TO CHOOSE JENSEN CACKLES FOR SHIT!
dellamorte1872 - 3/12/2010, 4:17 AM
@ dellamorte1872

What do you think of Garrett Hedlund?
cookiepussproduction - 3/12/2010, 4:20 AM
DELL @ HEY MAN, I'VE ONLY SEEN HIM IN THE MOVIE "FOUR BROTHERS" AND HE OWNED THAT PART!!!

[frick]ING GOOD ACTOR!

oops lol, He would be a great CAPTAIN AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!






LEEE777 - 3/12/2010, 4:27 AM
[frick] the [frick]ing HUMAN TORCH as CAP!!! : P

HEDUND all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!


Great article @ COOK!
LEEE777 - 3/12/2010, 4:28 AM
I thought Sam Jackson was going to play Nick Fury.He's a good actor, but I mean....c'mon
BubbaDude - 3/12/2010, 4:33 AM
@ BubbaDude

Who said he wasnt?
cookiepussproduction - 3/12/2010, 4:37 AM
plus johnston did say he wants a relative unknown...until this and Tron actually come out, hedlund will be a relative unknown...

outta the top 4 were now given, i say hedlund or evans!! neither fit the role perfectly, but will do it a good kind of justice nonetheless
Duhdaduh - 3/12/2010, 4:50 AM
cookie@ great article...i agree wit ur pick!...marvel wont pick evans simply because he is the human torch...it would be 2 confusing 2 audiences....not 2 mention..hes 2 familiar of a face 2 be an "unknown"...i think hedlund is an awsum pick 4 cap...i think he is a great actor and has great range from the movies i hav seen him in (four brothers, troy, and death sentence)...got my fingers crossed!
~X
XmutantX - 3/12/2010, 5:02 AM
Hedlund for Winter Soldier :)

dellamorte1872@ Wow thank you for that insight, liking an actor who is on CW means your obviously gay....how did i not realise, ive been wondering through life not knowing that interesting fact. Time to change my life, im off to tell the parents, bum a random guy and adopt a kid.....thank you again bud cus without you this wouldnt be possible lol :P

Ackles for Cap....(cus he's dreamy!lol ) :D
teabag - 3/12/2010, 5:07 AM
tea@ I like ackles...so i guess ima need a date :D
XmutantX - 3/12/2010, 5:11 AM
mike vogel would be better.
CorndogBurglar - 3/12/2010, 5:14 AM
XmutantX@ lol we have found eachother.....on our 1st aniversary we should send della@ a thank you card :D
teabag - 3/12/2010, 5:16 AM
dellamortal@ jeffrey dean morgan was on that show 2 there guy...and that dude is baddass...u say we r all gay..yet u admit 2 knowing who vander beak is hahaha...sumbudy got a lil crushy crush on dawson??
it's be nice if u contributed 2 the actual article instead of jus gay bashing or whatever it is u think ur doing :)
XmutantX - 3/12/2010, 5:16 AM
Tea@ ohh my that thounds thooo thweet!
XmutantX - 3/12/2010, 5:19 AM
XmutantX@ As sweet as my ass :D

Looks like SLJ is happy we are on the meat market..




:P
teabag - 3/12/2010, 5:23 AM
I'm almost to the point where I don't give a f**k who they cast as Cap, just get the f**king movie started already
ASSASSIN666 - 3/12/2010, 5:44 AM
i agree with assassin666, just cast the film and get started already, we had enough of them dicking us around. Step up and cast the film and get us this film so we can get the AVENGERS
Aki87 - 3/12/2010, 6:00 AM
@CookiePuss: Good call! Every time I see his picture he looks like a pussy to me. Thanks for reminding me he was in Four Brothers--shines a whole other light on him. He could definitely do Cap.
Couldn't find the Four Brothers shower scene clip on youtube or I woulda posted it.

Problem is Helund would probably be taking a step down playing Cap.
jusme6 - 3/12/2010, 6:01 AM
I got to say... Hedlund is a pretty good actor! Four Brothers and Death Sentence are the proof of that!!:) Hedlund for Cap!
AlexDeLarge666 - 3/12/2010, 6:12 AM
@ bubbadude

huh? sam jackson IS playing Fury. who said he wasn't?
CorndogBurglar - 3/12/2010, 6:38 AM
This guy even has girl side burns. Your kidding right.
YouneedaHero - 3/12/2010, 7:01 AM
Now I've got to watch 4 brothers. Any other good flicks he's in where he doesn't appear to be Brad Pitt's incestual homosexual lover?

YouneedaHero - 3/12/2010, 7:03 AM
Now I've got to watch 4 brothers. Any other good flicks he's in where he doesn't appear to be Brad Pitt's incestual homosexual lover?

YouneedaHero - 3/12/2010, 7:05 AM
No offense to the actor, but does no one else thinks he looks weird and effeminate?
tazmaniak - 3/12/2010, 7:28 AM
needahero@ yea watch death sentence! he plays the villian...he has a shaved head so its hard 2 reconize him...
and chicks aint suppossed 2 hav sideburns....u should up ur standards :P
XmutantX - 3/12/2010, 7:38 AM
@needahero

Watch DEATH SENTENCE. By the end of the movie, you probably won't even know who he was his acting was sooooooo gooooood. He played a total hard-ass and I loved it.

This article is SPOT-ON. Outside of the look, voice, acting etc. etc. It just MAKES SENSE!

Hedlund is going to be a star after Tron gets released. It's SAME strategy as Hemsworth. No one really knows who he is, but after his upcoming movies like Red Dawn re-make come out, everyone will!

SO....you're signing a star while his bidding is still low. Plus, since Disney owns Marvel now, you know that is what Disney wants.

It's going to be Hedlund.
WingPow - 3/12/2010, 8:44 AM
In death sentence Hedlund is a great villain and would be ideal for the part of Winter Soldier. But this guy's face couldn't look manly if it had Zeus' beard on. He the LEAST commanding propect out of the bunch. So acting skills, yes. Presence, no. PERFECT BUCKY/WINTER SOLDIER.

Oh and Jensen Ackles is the physical embodiement of Steve Rogers, PERIOD!!! Just turns out he's also a great actor.

dellamorte1872- You're just biased because his show is on the CW. Had he acted in the same show on NBC you wouldn't be saying SHIT!!!
Shaman - 3/12/2010, 8:59 AM
Is Death Sentence the one with Kevin Bacon going for retribution? If that's the one I'm thinking of, Hedlund was awesome in that role!

To be honest, the only one I don't like out of this group is Wilson Bethel...dude is just funky looking!
ecksmanfan - 3/12/2010, 8:59 AM
@ecksmanfan: Yes..If you haven't seen it you better..


Reason's 4,5,6,7,8 is why he will get it..I hope..

Hedlum was a Beast in "Death Sentence"
SHHH - 3/12/2010, 9:03 AM
@ecksmanfan

Yes, that's the one! And yes Hedlund was awesome in it.

He also put 20 pounds on for that role... so he's capable of doing so again (and more)

@Shaman

Wouldn't you concede that Hedlund looked manly in death sentence?? I would.
WingPow - 3/12/2010, 9:06 AM
i didn't even realize this was the guy from four brothers. loved his character in that movie. also TRON look amazing! im sure he could do well.

at this point i just want the darn thing cast already - i've had to change my mind like 3 times after things are debunked, rebunked, subbunked, prebunked or bunk bedded.

time to get the ball rolling.

OdinsBeard - 3/12/2010, 9:44 AM
amen.
WingPow - 3/12/2010, 9:46 AM
@OdinsBeard:


SHHH - 3/12/2010, 9:58 AM
I didn't even realize that Hedlund was the main bad guy in Death Sentence. How he could play such a convincing dweeb (Four Brothers) and a total badass is beyond me. The guy has SERIOUS chops. He'd be great as Cap.
TheQuestion - 3/12/2010, 10:03 AM
@SHH
He was good in Four Brothers, but its not a good rep. of him as Cap'
WingPow - 3/12/2010, 10:03 AM
@The Question

"I didn't even realize that Hedlund was the main bad guy in Death Sentence. How he could play such a convincing dweeb (Four Brothers) and a total badass is beyond me. The guy has SERIOUS chops. He'd be great as Cap."

That's what I've been saying for months! The dweeb is Steve Rogers, the bad ass is Cap'!

It's perfect. He's a good actor. Got the height, the voice, the look, the skills, he just has to bulk up.
WingPow - 3/12/2010, 10:04 AM
@WingPow: That was the point of the video..He is good.just couldn't find a decent death sentence vid....
SHHH - 3/12/2010, 10:17 AM
I see Garret Hedlund as the next Christian Bale. Leading man looks with serious acting skill.

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TheQuestion - 3/12/2010, 10:26 AM
Holy smokes I forgot Death sentence was the Kevin Bacon movie (Title threw me). That guy is Hedland! I hate to say it but I've seen Georgia Rule. My girl is a Mormon and it is a must watch for them. He looks like a pretty big dude in that movie. He's listed at 6'1"+ so maybe with some serious weight training he could be the guy.
YouneedaHero - 3/12/2010, 11:36 AM
Wingpow- Actually no. I can't concede to that because to me, Hedlund looked like a late teens punk in charge of a street gang. He doesn't look "manly" to me at all. He certainly looks the part for Sickly Steve pre-syrum and i know for a fact he would nail that part but he doesn't convince me he can pull off the commanding captain post-syrum. No amount of intensity on his part will make him fit for it. There's a huge difference between intensity and a commanding presence. There's just nothing about him that's convincing me for that side of the part which is actually the bigger part of it since it's for a nine movie deal. Sickly Steve will only get 20 lines at the most IMO. So yes i believe he's a tremendous actor but in my eyes, he doesn't fit the role.
Shaman - 3/12/2010, 11:43 AM
SHHH@ dude that one clip of him with the shotgun over his shoulder swinging the crow bar - bad. ass.


OdinsBeard - 3/12/2010, 11:47 AM
I'm not too crazy about this guy's look. Just because you have blond hair and blue eyes doesn't mean you look like Steve Rogers. I'm just not sold on this guy at all, but I probably won't go psycho bashing if he gets cast.

I was so scared with Krasinski, that I just want all of this to be over with.
gorgeousgeeks - 3/12/2010, 12:25 PM
So, of course him being my first choice for Bucky and my last choice out of the bunch for Cap doesn't mean that i'd boycott the film if Hedlund is chosen. He's just not my prefered choice. I'll still see it and judge it after i've seen it. I mean, we're not talking about Krazinsky here. Hedlund has at least proven his stellar skills.
Shaman - 3/12/2010, 12:56 PM
@Shaman: YES...give me someone who has proven themselves...
SHHH - 3/12/2010, 1:01 PM
"Can you honestly picture Evans, Vogel and Bethel looking anything but stupid compared to Weaving?" - That was an absolutely terrible argument campaigning for someone.

I personally don't think Hedlund is quite enough of the man needed to lead the Avengers into battle yet. Not to mention the lack of military experience. Having that experience will be INVALUABLE on the thin-wire of a time frame that Cap is now running on. Bethel already has the experience, he's got the body, the looks, and his acting is really good. He's still my number one choice, and Hedlund is second in line with the remainders.
JLanphear - 3/12/2010, 1:03 PM
Bethel COULD have the look if he put on what... about... 50 lbs of muscle? The guy's chin really needs to hide a bit behind jaw muscles to not look weird. It really looks like a fake chin. But given the right HUMONGUS amount of muscles he needs, yes he certainly has the look.
Shaman - 3/12/2010, 1:48 PM
I think He would be Great!
NightAvenger - 3/12/2010, 3:40 PM
ackles in not that great an actor...he's good...but not great...
hedlund is a better pick than ackles...shown more diversity and has a presence onscreen that we know he can already rock..vogel is also a guy who's done well on bigscreen, though not as good as hedlund...so they would be better picks than ackles imo...
but the young kid who to me is the best actor of the bunch...versatile, has star power, already displayed film characteristics of steve R...chris pine...FTFW
Anil Rickly - 3/12/2010, 3:50 PM
lol
SixSixteen - 3/12/2010, 5:13 PM
Ackles has been on quite a bit of shows and he does great work on Supernatural and he's been nominated for 3 emmys and won a soap opera digest for his work on Day of our Lives. I don't think people give Ackles enough credit. I might not have been able to stomach Devour on his good looks alone, but Jensen has done enough stuff in my opinion to trust his acting capabilities. He really delivers on Supernatural.


gorgeousgeeks - 3/12/2010, 5:22 PM
I'm all for it
Akercocke - 3/12/2010, 11:03 PM
1 Death Sentence
2 Eragon
3 Four Brothers
4 Friday Night Lights
5 Troy

(26-6'2½")

Garrett is good, but Jensen is better!!!
Miltoc - 3/13/2010, 3:01 AM
I am kinda feeling Vogel instead of Hedlund more and more.

Check out this intervew with Vogel just a few months ago. He looks a little older now.



LordHuck - 3/13/2010, 4:50 AM
Great insights! I actually hope Hedlund gets the role! Will everyone just cut the Jensen Ackles crap once and for all...worshipers and detractors!
usclerkguy - 3/13/2010, 5:13 AM
wow theres only fourth left so im with him and chris
flames809 - 3/13/2010, 8:10 AM
I'm sorry. I can't talk about this anymore. It is making me physically sick. It's a freaking joke and we are the brunt of it.
McLovin - 3/13/2010, 12:33 PM
Mike Vogel= Too short= not happenin', sorry.
Just don't let Garett grow one of those douche beards and everything will turn out fine, I say. Garett Hedlund for Cap.
r0r5ch4ch84 - 3/13/2010, 7:47 PM
lordhuck@ sorry i missed that whole interview...his arm candy was 2 damn hott!!! :)
XmutantX - 3/14/2010, 7:08 AM
HEDLUND or even VOGEL for CAP!!!!

Or better still ARMIE HAMMER!!! ; D


But [frick] EVANS! : p
LEEE777 - 3/14/2010, 9:53 AM
Anybody who thinks that Ackles is anything other than eye candy for the girlish set is lying to themselves. He couldn't act his way out of a paper bag. He is an awful actor.

None of the "short list" or the rumored actors excite me at all as Cap.
FateSucks - 3/14/2010, 11:39 AM
I like Vogel, Hedlund and Evans for the role. I think all 3 can pull it off and do a good job at it.

my main problem with the movie taking this long to cast is that they want to release it in July of 2011. Meaning in the next few weeks they need to cast Cap, get him working out so he is believable as Cap and then do filming, effects work and have it ready for release in roughly 14 months.

look at Thor. Hemworth was bulking up for months before they even began principle photography.


l0rdleg0las - 3/15/2010, 9:54 AM
@l0rdleg0las

Whoever is cast, we do not know that they're already been bulking up. If there are a list of 3-4 actors they are looking at, they could have each one bulking up while they decide who gets the role.

WingPow - 3/15/2010, 11:34 AM
Someone actually thinks Ackles is a good actor. WOW. He has the look of Rogers but from the cheesefest that is Supernatural to My Bloody Valentine.....dude doesn't have the chops
teebtime - 3/16/2010, 5:13 PM
I don't.
WingPow - 3/17/2010, 8:50 AM
so...is it evans or hedlund?
GiveMeYourSkull - 4/19/2010, 5:42 PM
Thank you People, Chris Evans already did played the first marvel character in the Fantastic 4 films so he just played "The Human Torch" one character at a time.
SupermanReturns2006 - 4/19/2010, 9:53 PM

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