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February 24, 2010 - Captain America / six contenders
Scooped on Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Deadline Hollywood claims that they know six of the contenders that could be cast to play Captain America and that have tested for the part. They are: Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl), John Krasinski (The Office), Scott Porter (Friday Night Lights), Mike Vogel (Cloverfield), Michael Cassidy (Privledged) and Patrick Flueger (Brothers). Another possible is actor Garrett Hedlund (Tron Legacy) but he hasn't tested for the part yet; at this time he's just on a wish list of potential candidates.
DH also claims that Marvel is only offering $300,000 to the Cap actor for the first movie, and that whomever gets the job also has to sign a contract that includes an option to star in nine more movies. That's just like the deal that Samuel L. Jackson signed before he starred in Iron Man 2.
Here's another interesting piece of gossip that the site raised: according to their scuttlebutt director Joe Johnston walked away from the project for a brief time because he didn't agree to Marvel asking him to drop his salary. Marvel said that the price of the movie was too high and wanted to try and lower the budget. Apparently they reached an accomodation with Johnston and he went back to work.
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