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Ryan Phillippe personally confirmed that he was in talks to play Cap during an interview with MTV in 2010.<\/p>\nI’mRyan Phillippe personally confirmed that he was in talks to play Cap during an interview with MTV in 2010.<\/p>\n
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\u201c[I] actually am going in to meet on Captain America, which is kind of cool,\u201d he admitted at the time. \u201cAfter Superman, he was kind of my favorite.\u201dIt is not clear how far along he got in the audition process, and he has not played a role in the MCU.<\/p>\n
Kellan Lutz famously played Emmett Cullen in the Twilight franchise. However, he was also ready to dip his toes in the MCU. Interestingly, in a 2014 interview with Collider, he revealed that he was up for two parts. One of those was Captain America. His other role was Thor, which went to Chris Hemsworth.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI got pretty close for Captain America, but Chris Evans got it, and he deserves it,\u201d he said. \u201cHe is Captain America. I\u2019m happy for them. I don\u2019t get competitive. I do my best. If I get something, then it was meant to be. If I don\u2019t, then it wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
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He continued, noting that he felt right for The Legend of Hercules. \u201cI didn\u2019t grow up loving Thor, or really knowing much about Thor or Captain America, but with Hercules, I did.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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