'Captain America' film won't be "jingoistic"

Captain America director Joe Johnston has said that his big screen portrayal of the Marvel superhero won't be jingoistic.

Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Johnston insisted that Chris Evans's Steve Rogers will bring a "different spin" to the character traditionally seen as overly patriotic.

"He wants to serve his country, but he's not this sort of jingoistic American flag-waver," the director said. "He's just a good person. We make a point of that in the script: Don't change who you are once you go from Steve Rogers to this super-soldier, you have to stay who you are inside, that's really what's important more than your strength and everything.

"It'll be interesting and fun to put a different spin on the character and one that the fans are really going to appreciate."

Evans will be joined by Hayley Atwell, Dominic Cooper, Sebastian Stan, Hugo Weaving, Stanley Tucci and Tommy Lee Jones in the cast for Captain America, which opens in cinemas next summer.

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