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'The Avengers' to be told through Captain America, Joss Whedon reveals
Published Saturday, Jan 14 2012, 12:17 GMT | By Daniel Sperling | 25 comments
Joss Whedon has revealed that The Avengers mainly takes place from the perspective of Captain America.
The director explained that Chris Evans's "ultimate loner" perfectly represented the team of outcasts assembled for his forthcoming superhero epic.
"So much of [The Avengers] story takes place from Steve Rogers' perspective, since he's the guy who just woke up and sees this weird-ass world," Whedon told Entertainment Weekly. "Everyone else has been living in it. He's the guy that feels that sense of loss.
"[The Avengers] is very much about people who are alone - because I'm writing it," he joked. "There is an anachronism to him, and Chris and I have always tried to, without making it goofy or too obvious, make him that same grounded '40s Steve Rogers he was in the other movie."
It was announced last October that the Captain America sequel will be set in the modern day. Evans has suggested that the film will be released sometime in 2014.
The Avengers arrives in cinemas worldwide on April 27 in the UK and on May 4 in the US.
Watch Chris Evans discuss Captain America's role in The Avengers below:
The director explained that Chris Evans's "ultimate loner" perfectly represented the team of outcasts assembled for his forthcoming superhero epic.
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"So much of [The Avengers] story takes place from Steve Rogers' perspective, since he's the guy who just woke up and sees this weird-ass world," Whedon told Entertainment Weekly. "Everyone else has been living in it. He's the guy that feels that sense of loss.
"[The Avengers] is very much about people who are alone - because I'm writing it," he joked. "There is an anachronism to him, and Chris and I have always tried to, without making it goofy or too obvious, make him that same grounded '40s Steve Rogers he was in the other movie."
It was announced last October that the Captain America sequel will be set in the modern day. Evans has suggested that the film will be released sometime in 2014.
The Avengers arrives in cinemas worldwide on April 27 in the UK and on May 4 in the US.
Watch Chris Evans discuss Captain America's role in The Avengers below:
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