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Chris Evans turned down the Captain America role multiple times because of Anxiety, fear of a 10-movie commitment and the public spotlight. He went to therapy before taking the role
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John Krasinski auditioned to be Captain America, but after putting on the costume said “I’m not Captain America”
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California councilman, Lan Diep, was sworn in using his Captain America shield instead of a bible
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Paul Rudd had the cast of Infinity War sign the Captain America shield to earn 53k for charity.
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John Stevens Henslow, a British priest, botanist and geologist, who, in 1831, was offered a place aboard a voyage to survey South America. After his wife dissuaded him from accepting, Henslow wrote to the captain, telling him to offer his place on the HMS Beagle to his protégé, Charles Darwin
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Captain America's TO-DO list from Winter Soldier is different depending on what country you were watching it in
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After the Vietnam War and Watergate Scandal, Captain America became so disillusioned with the US government he became "The Nomad"
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Captain Underpants has twice topped the list of banned books in America
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Chris Evans was paid around $300,000 to star in Captain America: The First Avenger and that Chris Hemsworth made $150,000 initially for appearing in Thor. Robert Downey Jr. made $500,000 for the first Iron Man.
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Stan Lee generally hates teenage sidekicks, which is why there are so few in the Marvel universe. Jack Kirby felt differently and kept Bucky Barns, who became a valuable sidekick to Captain America.
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The first Japanese person to obtain a bachelor's degree was a 21-year-old who snuck a ride to America aboard a U.S. ship in 1864. The ship's captain had to hide him from Japanese customs officials, as Japan still had the death penalty for anyone who traveled abroad without permission.
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The actor that played The Falcon in Captain America signed around 60 posters of himself at a store and the manager threatened to call the cops if he didn't buy them all.
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Marvel comics was printing comics with Captain America fighting nazis before America had entered WW2 thus getting them accused as war provokers.
In “Batman and Captain America”, the Joker teamed up with a character named Red Skull. However, on learning the character was actually a nazi and not just pretending, the Joker turned on him, proclaimed "I may be a criminal lunatic, but I'm an AMERICAN criminal lunatic!" - source
There's a school that train people with autism to become visual effects artists. Their credits include Captain America, Avengers and Game of Thrones. - source
Captain America was first published a year prior to Pearl Harbor, when there was still strong isolationist opposition to America becoming involved in World War II
The ENTIRE LOTR movie trilogy cost about as much as one Captain America movie. ($280 million/$250 million) - source
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The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, and the present day parts of Captain America: The First Avenger are all set in one week
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Captain Lewis was asked by the U.S. president Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory and America's Wild West, after it had been purchased. Lewis gathered supplies while Clark gathered and trained more than 40 men.
Robert Downey Jr. was to have a cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy, but turned it down due to him being unsure if he wanted to reprise the role of Iron Man. He later signed on for Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War
When Marvel was attempting to create their own independent studio, they used their own IPs (Captain America, The Avengers, Nick Fury, Black Panther ect...) as collateral. If the MCU failed, Merrill Lynch would have ended up owning these characters.
Chris Evans had five different movie roles based on comic books/graphic novels: Captain America, Johnny Storm (Fantastic Four), Lucas Lee (Scott Pilgrim vs the World), Curtis Everett (Snowpiercer), and Jake Jensen (The Losers)
Those flippable yellow signs you see in Hollywood and other cities are secret-coded directions for actors to get filming locations. They often feature insider jokes like: "Freezer Burn" signs pointing to the Captain America shoot (a reference to him being put on ice)
