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The First Avenger: Captain America (2011) More at IMDbPro »

• Jon Favreau was originally chosen by Marvel Studios to direct this film, but he chose to direct Iron Man (2008). Nick Cassavetes, was also considered to direct this film, and had been set as a director for Iron Man (2008) in December 2004.
  
  
• Despite being "The First Avenger", it is the last solo Avenger film to be released before the team-up film, The Avengers (2012).
  
  
• According to producer Avi Arad: "The biggest opportunity with Captain America is as a man 'out of time', coming back today, looking at our world through the eyes of someone who thought the perfect world was small-town America. Sixty years go by, and who are we today? Are we better?"
  
  
• The film was influenced by Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and the Back to the Future (1985) films to provide a historic but timeless atmosphere.
  
  
• Joe Johnston was chosen as the film's director for his work on the period adventure films The Rocketeer (1991) and October Sky (1999).
  
  
• Louis Leterrier viewed some of the concept art for the film, and was impressed enough to offer his services, but Marvel Studios turned him down. However, his film The Incredible Hulk (2008) provides a small appearance by Captain America: a deleted scene set in the Arctic
  
  
• Screenwriter David Self, who wrote a draft of the script, claimed Captain America was his favorite childhood superhero: "My dad told me I could one day be Captain America."
  
  
• 'Leonardo Dicaprio' and Matthew McConaughey were considered to play the title role.
  
  

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