While
at TCA's press tour for their writing on Marvel and ABC's Agent Carter,
screenwriters Christopher Markus, and Stephen McFreely were asked a couple of
questions regarding their work on the highly anticipated Captain America: Civil
War. The duo didn't go into details but they did discuss Agent Peggy Carter's
relationship with Tony Stark, and the casting of Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa,
aka Black Panther.
"As
we have not started shooting, and I’m on my fourth draft of many, that question
(of who Peggy was to Tony Stark) has been in and out all over the place so who
knows," McFeely told IGN. "So
many things can shake out but we’ve had conversations and we pitched scenes.
Some stay and some don’t. But...we saw (Peggy) in Winter Soldier, so we know
she’s around."
Concerning
Boseman's casting as Black Panther, McFeely stated that he will keep any
details "close to the vest, but I’m very gratified that they went with
Chadwick and that he said yes because he’s a good get."
The
conversation then shifted to the polarizing source material written by Mark
Millar and penciled by Steve McNiven.
"There’s
a depth of myth (to the Civil War storyline)," explained
McFeely. "People
asked this earlier at our other panel, why now? Why are comic books so
prevalent? Why are these movies doing so well? In some ways, we’ve become a
genre that you can do well now given the world of computers and perhaps it’s
also just a time in the sun. You went to the movies in the 50’s and 60’s you
went to a western. So at this point, you’re going to a superhero movie. It’s
taking over that same black hat, white hat myth-making surface. I don’t have a much smarter answer than
that."
The
duo was also asked about the adaptation process and how much of the original
source material would end up in the movie, and how much would be left out due
in part because of the ever expanding MCU.
"It’s
been on and off the table for a while and it’s a challenge to do it and make
sure that all the characters that we’ve established, and everyone’s established
are serviced and sound correct," said McFeely. "Because there’s a
difference between characters in Civil War, which was written in 2006, 2007.
There isn’t a Robert Downey Jr. or Chris Evans who has helped create the
character so we need to make sure that that template gets adjusted and what
have you in order to make sure it services these characters."
Finally
McFeely talked about writing Chris Evans lines for a third time, and compared
him to a Hollywood legend.
"I
might be repeating myself. He’s Gary Cooper for me. Him as cap is gary Cooper.
He can do a lot with stillness and because Cap is usually right and usually
held up to be right, people want to be lead by him. So, that’s one of the
things I like about Chris is that he brings, remember the parts he played
before this. He was uber charming. He was hilarious. He still has that. You
still like him. But it’s the fact that he’s holding that back that makes you
lean in to him. Turns out he was the perfect guy because there’s a depth to
him."
What
do you think?
Source
- IGN
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