Conan O'Brien Reveals That Captain America Was Cast From a Beauty Pageant!

Conan O'Brien Reveals That Captain America Was Cast From a Beauty Pageant!

How did Chris Evans win the part of the Sentinel of Liberty? And who was his competition? Coco explains how movie producers chose the actor and who the runners-up were!

By TheColinColumn - Jun 23, 2011 10:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Captain America
Source: Conan



For months, we have been hearing about what Chris Evans experienced during the casting process for Marvel Studios' next summer blockbuster, Captain America: The First Avenger. However, Evans seems to have left out one minor detail: he had to compete in a beauty pageant for the role!

In this sketch from a taping of Conan, Coco explains how the beauty pageant worked and reveals Evans' competition for the titular role of the movie!

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D117
D117 - 6/23/2011, 12:04 PM
Lmaoo that was great!
Ghostfire
Ghostfire - 6/23/2011, 12:08 PM
COCO!!LMAO!
BigK1337
BigK1337 - 6/23/2011, 2:17 PM
@Cerebro
Indeed; its like imagining Chuck Norris without his beard, or Tom Shelleck without his mustache, or Stone Cold Steve Austin with hair.
bilthebullet
bilthebullet - 6/24/2011, 10:54 AM
I live in Utah and when they had captain Utah come out I said to myself, "Awesome, they got one of the six black guys in Utah." I miss diversity.
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