• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • About Towleroad
  • Towleroad on Social Media
  • Privacy Policy

Towleroad Gay News

Gay Blog Towleroad: More than gay news | gay men

  • Politics
  • Health
  • Travel
  • Gay Pride
  • Music
  • Sports
  • Law/Justice
  • Celebrities
  • Men
  • Space
  • Science
  • Gay Iconography
  • Madonna
  • Books
  • Monkeypox
  • Film/TV

Movies: Superheroic Chris, Tortured Cary, Magnetic Stephin

Nathaniel Rogers October 28, 2010

Captain_america

Steverogers

If that's your body why you gonna pout?

The former Human Torch has a new superhero incarnation, Captain America (Steve Rogers in civilian life) but we do know that the actor resisted this new identity for a good long while. According to EW, Evans explains it like so.

"At the time, I remember telling a buddy of mine, ‘If the movie bombs, I’m f—-ed. If the movie hits, I’m f—-ed!’” After declining the part three times, Evans took a meeting with Marvel execs and Johnston and was dazzled by their plans for the movie. He still felt wary about suiting up for Captain America — but then he had an epiphany. “I was just scared,” he says. “I realized my whole decision making process was fear based, and you never want to make a decision out of fear.’” Evans signed a six-picture deal with Marvel to play the character…

Freelicks Six films is a big commitment. Not that any actor ends up doing that many but you have to lock them in… just in case. I'm already curious about the visual f/x they'll have to employ. Chris Evans has always had a superhero body without any costume padding necessary, but Steve Rogers (aka Captain America) starts out scrawny and physically unfit. They'll have to go to Benjamin Button lengths to make Evans convincing as a mere mortal before he becomes the Captain. 

Road This one is for the horror fans: Have you voted on the Battle of the Queer Creeps? 

Road Ryan Gosling and George Clooney on the screen simultaneously? Evan Rachel Wood and Marisa Tomei will also co-star in Clooney's new directorial project The Ides of March. Clooney continues to be a generous soul.

Road Two franchises got new titles this week. The next Batman feature will be called The Dark Knight Rises and the next in Tom Cruise's old series has the unwieldy name of Mission: Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol. Er… two colons in one title? Ah well, at least Jeremy Renner is in it.

RoadA question for the gay parents out there: Did you name your baby after a movie star? Apparently that happens… a lot.

Picture 22 Road Ryan Kwanten, who most people know primarily as horny dim Jason Stackhouse on True Blood apparently doesn't believe in vacationing during his hiatus. He was just nominated at the AFI (Australian Film Institute) for his Season 3 work on True Blood (complete list of nominations), he has the crime thriller RED HILL coming out next week (pictured right, in which you can hear him with his actual accent) and now he's been cast as the notorious serial killer Charles Manson in a new film called The Family. 

Road And let's end with the trailer to the Stephin Merrit rockumentary STRANGE POWERS which just opened at New York City's Film Forum. To know him (i.e. his music) is to love him.

Plus, Cher AND Olivia Newton-John jokes in a trailer?

Oh Stephin, you spoil us.


Cary_saw
Cary Elwes returns to the pain in Saw 3D.

NATHANIEL ROGERS

Guestblogger

…watches trailers through fingers (too many spoilers) and waits impatiently for the feature. He blogs daily at the Film Experience. Follow him on Twitter @nathanielr.


NOW PLAYING 
Halloween is generally a weak movie frame, usually dominated by just one or two wide opening horror films. Last week Paranormal Activity 2 raked in the ticket sales threatening to become the new inexhaustable horror franchise. The previous ubiquitous October champ, Saw, returns for what it's billing as its final outing SAW 3D. If it opens big again, there's no way it's a "final" film. These things never die… much like the murderous monsters they strangely idolize.

Cary_tortures Who'da thunk when we first met Cary Elwes, torturing Rupert Everett with his boy beauty in Another Country or being tortured "to the pain" in The Princess Bride that he'd one day end up so associated with mainstream torture porn?!

Other new films opening in limited release include the buzzy indie horror film MONSTERS, the all star crime caper WILD TARGET with Rupert Everett, Rupert Grint, Emily Blunt and Bill Nighy and the final chapter in the Swedish Millenium series THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST (the first chapter of that series, "Dragon Tattoo," is already being remade for American audiences). 

BONUS SCENES

Why is Chris Evans pouting on the cover of Entertainment Weekly?

  Picture 16

See Chris in (and out) of uniform as Captain America, AFTER THE JUMP…

Topics: Film/TV, News More Posts About: Chris Evans, Film, Nathaniel Rogers, News, Ryan Kwanten, Superheroes

Related Posts
  • Viola Davis was called by director’s maid’s name
  • The Week in Pictures: May 13 – May 20
  • Nicole Kidman Snubbed! Actress Fails To Be Included In Tom Cruise Tribute Montage At Cannes Film Festival
  • Actor Kevin Spacey facing sexual assault charges in UK

    Actor Kevin Spacey facing sexual assault charges in UK

    Published by AFP The two-time Oscar winner was artistic director of the Old Vic London (AFP) – Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey is facing sexual assault charges in the UK, police and prosecutors said on Thursday, after …Read More »
  • Depeche Mode’s Andy Fletcher has died aged 60

    Depeche Mode’s Andy Fletcher has died aged 60

    Published by BANG Showbiz English Depeche Mode’s Andy Fletcher has died aged 60. The keyboardist and founding member – who was born in Nottingham and moved to Basildon in the 70s – of the 80s band …Read More »
  • TV board dismisses Senator’s request to allow parents to shield kids from LGBTQ characters; Cites 95% Parent Satisfaction With Ratings

    TV board dismisses Senator’s request to allow parents to shield kids from LGBTQ characters; Cites 95% Parent Satisfaction With Ratings

      Published by The Kansas City Star   The TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board dismissed a request from Sen. Roger Marshall, a Republican from Kansas, asking them to update their ratings system so parents could shield …Read More »
  • Apple unveils new Pride Apple Watch bands and watch face

    Apple unveils new Pride Apple Watch bands and watch face

    Published by BANG Showbiz English Apple has unveiled new Pride bands and a watch face for the Apple Watch to mark Pride Month. The tech giant is releasing a Pride Edition Sport Loop and the Pride …Read More »
Previous Post: « Watch: Servicemembers United’s Alex Nicholson Explains the Path Forward on ‘DADT’ Repeal
Next Post: Sarah Palin: I’ll Run for President ‘if There’s Nobody Else to Do It’ »

Primary Sidebar

News

  • Don McLean, Larry Gatlin Pull Out Of NRA Convention Concert In Texas

    Don McLean, Larry Gatlin Pull Out Of NRA Convention Concert In Texas

  • Trump must testify in New York probe, appeals court rules

    Trump must testify in New York probe, appeals court rules

  • Guns are now the leading cause of death for American children

    Guns are now the leading cause of death for American children

  • The staggering toll of gun violence in the United States

    The staggering toll of gun violence in the United States

Break

  • Justin Timberlake has sold his song catalogue in a deal reportedly worth 100 million dollars

    Justin Timberlake has sold his song catalogue in a deal reportedly worth 100 million dollars

  • Dyson set to preview new robots to help with tasks at home

    Dyson set to preview new robots to help with tasks at home

  • Elvis fever set to shake Cannes

    Elvis fever set to shake Cannes

  • Battle Of The Billionaires! Elon Musk SLAMS Bill Gates After Article Claims Microsoft Mogul Is Funding Musk’s Critics

    Battle Of The Billionaires! Elon Musk SLAMS Bill Gates After Article Claims Microsoft Mogul Is Funding Musk’s Critics

RSS Partner Links

  • OMG, his butt: Actor Devon Sawa in HACKS Season 2
  • OMG, LISTEN TO THIS: Dua Lipa and Young Thug team with Calvin Harris for ‘Potion’ video
  • Jacinda Ardern Delivers Harvard Commencement Speech: DEMOCRACY CAN BE FRAGILE
  • Morning Round-Up: James Scully; Jodie Foster; Jake Borelli; Andy Cohen; Ellen DeGeneres
  • eBay Is Homophobic (Literally) & Full Of Shit
  • Birthday Sluts
  • Caption Me
  • Song of the Day: 'Blasphemous Rumours' by Depeche Mode
  • Page 1 Roundup (05/27)

Most Recent

  • ‘The Reckoning Is Going To Happen’: Kevin Spacey’s Brother Slams Actor Hours After Sexual Assault Charges

    ‘The Reckoning Is Going To Happen’: Kevin Spacey’s Brother Slams Actor Hours After Sexual Assault Charges

  • Actor Kevin Spacey facing sexual assault charges in UK

    Actor Kevin Spacey facing sexual assault charges in UK

  • Depeche Mode’s Andy Fletcher has died aged 60

    Depeche Mode’s Andy Fletcher has died aged 60

  • TV board dismisses Senator’s request to allow parents to shield kids from LGBTQ characters; Cites 95% Parent Satisfaction With Ratings

    TV board dismisses Senator’s request to allow parents to shield kids from LGBTQ characters; Cites 95% Parent Satisfaction With Ratings

  • Apple unveils new Pride Apple Watch bands and watch face

    Apple unveils new Pride Apple Watch bands and watch face

  • Lithuanian parliament agrees to consider same-sex partnership bill

    Lithuanian parliament agrees to consider same-sex partnership bill

  • German minister warns against homophobia amid monkeypox outbreak

    German minister warns against homophobia amid monkeypox outbreak

Most Commented

Social

Twitter @tlrd | Facebook | Instagram @tlrd
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • About Towleroad
  • Towleroad on Social Media
  • Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2022 · Log in