2016 is gearing up to be a great year for superhero movies. Audiences will be treated to the likes of X-Men: Apocalypse, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and a new chapter for the Avengers (among other things). Captain America: Civil War is one of the most anticipated Marvel films yet, as the latest movie will pit the Avengers against each other after intense political pressure. Captain America: Civil War will help the Marvel Cinematic Universe transition into "Phase 3," which will see the introduction of new superheroes like Black Panther and Spider-Man.
The first official trailer for Captain America: Civil War released just about a month ago and prompted widespread reaction to Steve Rogers and Tony Stark’s climatic end of friendship. The new movie will pit arguably the most popular of the MCU’s superheroes against each other and explore themes of ethics and government regulation. Those ideas will be explored through the lens of the Avengers’ main duo, Captain America and Iron Man. Chris Evans recently sat down with Cineplex to discuss the evolution of Rogers and Robert Downey Jr.’s Stark. Check out what he had to see about the upcoming Captain America: Civil War, below:
Key Difference Between Steve Rogers and Tony Stark
“There’s a great parallel that they draw between my character and Tony Stark,” Evans says. “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. 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.”
Sounds like pretty intense stuff, right? If anything, these themes should help widen the audience of Civil War - which increasingly sounds less and less like a simple comic book movie.
Captain America: Civil War arrives in theaters on May 6.
