Shocking, I know. Robert Buckley, the handsome young actor who played Kim Raver’s much-younger love interest in Lipstick Jungle and Clayton Evans on One Tree Hill, revealed in an interview with Jenna Busch for Popeater that he’s a comic book fan (Which is sort of a must rather than something to be ashamed of in today’s Hollywood, isn’t it?), and, when asked, that he’d ideally like to play Captain America (you can read the comics part of the conversation here).
Given the popularity and money involved with a successful superhero movie, is it really news that an up-and-comer would like to star in one featuring a popular hero? (As opposed to, say, Robert DeNiro announcing his intention to play Man-Thing). Apparently so, as MTV’s Splash Page and Comicbookmovie.com posted reports on the interview with headlines like “‘One Tree Hill’ actor…Wants to Wield Captain America’s ‘First Avenger’ Shield” and “Rob Buckley Wants to Wield the Shield!” and…oh no, I’ve just done a post on it too! Now I’m part of the problem!
Sigh…
Well, what do you guys think? Has he got the chops to play Cap? He’s certainly got the looks and abs, although if he’s only 29 and looks younger, they’re gonna need to cast an awfully young Bucky Barnes…
January 26th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
I’m thinking I’d rather see John Barrowman or Nathan Fillion as Steve Rogers…
January 26th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
I don’t know, I think he seems like the right age. Steve was supposed to be pretty young during WWII. Barrowman or Fillion would be much too old.
Really, they just need someone small to play Bucky. They can fake the age thing.
January 26th, 2010 at 9:04 pm
My main concern is the abilities of the actor. I’m sure casting will get someone with the right look, but the character of Cap has to be someone whose ‘voice could command gods’ thing. They have to be able to show the presence that Cap has and how he affects people by just being around him.
January 26th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
LOVE that headline.
January 27th, 2010 at 3:08 am
I’m pretty sure Cap knows to pull up his pants. All I’m sayin’…
January 27th, 2010 at 4:22 am
This kid would make a better Bucky, from the looks of it.
January 27th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
How about no Bucky in the movie? That sounds good to me. Captain America does not need a sidekick and I’ve never understood why he had one (beyond the fact that everyone seemed to have one when he was first created).
This guy looks the part of Steve Rogers. No idea if he can act of not, having never watched any of the above-mentioned shows before (and that’s not likely to change).
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