As the world prepares itself for the cinematic greatness that Captain America: Civil War may be, Chris Evans sat down with Cineplex to talk about some of the real life parallels the movie holds. Civil War is based off of Marvel’s 2006 comic series and plays on the question, “should superheroes be supervised?” Of course not every one agrees with the idea of being supervised which leads to a team of heroes being led by Captain America and a team led by Tony Stark and the two ultimately end up fighting each-other.
“There’s a great parallel that they draw between my character and Tony Stark,” says Evans, whose Cap alter ego Steve Rogers is a World War II-generation patriot resuscitated in our time. “It’s something we can all relate to in terms of how we perceive our own society and culture, in terms of what is best for people. You can go right down to Democrat and Republican; everyone has a different opinion of what’s best.
“You have this team of people who are destroying every city they go to, but they’re saving the world,” Evans adds regarding Civil War, which is based on a 2006 comic book crossover series and directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. They made the previous Cap sequel, The Winter Soldier, which many critics consider Marvel’s best movie. “So it’s a matter of, do we monitor these people or do we let them monitor themselves? The beautiful thing with Civil War is that no one’s right and no one’s wrong; it’s just your personal opinion.
“We’re going to have a nice evolution where you have a guy like Cap, who grew up with structure — he was a soldier and he liked hierarchy, he liked the chain of command. Now, all of a sudden, you have a guy who used to love the system not so sure about trusting it. And a guy like Tony Stark, who used to buck the system and dance to the beat of his own drum all of a sudden thinking, maybe we need some order.”
If you haven’t seen the official trailer for Captain America: Civil War, you can check it out, here.
