“Captain America: Civil War” Part 2: Team CAPTAIN AMERICA – Press Junket

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This May 6th marks the debut of Marvel Studio’s latest film, “Captain America: Civil War.” Directed by Anthony & Joe Russo, the start of Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase III sees the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes splintered into two factions over the question of government registration and oversight–Team Iron Man, advocating for accountability, and Team Cap, dedicated to free will and independence.

[All non-attributed photos and video courtesy of Disney.]

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At a recent press junket the two sides made an appearance to discuss the new film–separately, of course. We heard from Team Iron Man here–today belongs to Team Captain America, represented by Chris Evans, (“Steve Rogers / Captain America”) Sebastian Stan, (“Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier”) Anthony Mackie, (“Sam Wilson / Falcon”) Jeremy Renner, (“Clint Baron / Hawkeye”) Elizabeth Olsen, (“Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch”) Paul Rudd, (“Scott Lang / Ant-Man”) Director Joe Russo, and Producer Kevin Feige. Guest Blogger Amanda Bulat attended for AllEars.Net.

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Some points of note from the video above:

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Joe Russo on bringing action to life on film: “Action is very important to us, these movies are about action, the characters express themselves through action…action has to have storytelling to it for us, or it’s vacuous and superficial. You know, you’ll get tired of an action sequence if it’s not either defining the character or moving the story forward in some way. It takes an incredible amount of effort and thank God we have such an incredible team of collaborators including Kevin and [screenwriters] Markus and McFeely and [executive producer] Nate Moore who works at Marvel as well who can work with us and keep us honest in terms of the storytelling. And this cast, who are also the caretakers of the characters in a way that we never could be. It’s by far and away the hardest thing to do on a film.”

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Paul Rudd on being a fanboy: “How I felt as far as being the fanboy of the group: There was very little acting required in that scene for me. You know, they’ve all worked together and done this before–I’ve just seen the movies. I mean, I’ve seen all the Marvel movies so to be there on the day…I kind of couldn’t stop geeking out about it. I thought Oh my God, there’s The Shield and I thought there’s that arm! [To Stan] You weren’t looking, and I was just like [touches Stan’s arm] ‘Wow! Gol dang, man!’ And so…even when I was getting the suit on, you know there’s this area where we get changed and stuff, and it’s like oh there’s Iron Man’s suit [plays with suit] …and there they all are! I did feel that, that excitement of what? I can’t believe I landed here! This is nuts! So it was really cool.”

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Kevin Feige on whether the darker tone of some of the Marvel TV series will bleed into the MCU: “What I love is you’re now seeing in the film medium and the television medium the reflection of what the comics have always been. There’s always been that great diversity of tone within the comics and I love that we’re seeing more and more of that on various screens.”

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Jeremy Renner on why Hawkeye joined Team Cap: “He’s the one who called. I didn’t write it! Talk to these guys! They wrote it! No, I think probably retirement was quite boring, and then…go help a friend. And the moral compass is not a far cry from Cap’s sort of thinking as well, anyway.”
Russo: “He owes a debt to Scarlet Witch, and her brother, so when she’s under duress, it’s a call to arms.”
Renner: “Yup.”

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Chris Evans on how to deal with the success of the Captain America franchise: “The first couple years of your involvement with the franchise, you’re very internal, you’re scared about being the thing that’s going to cause it…you’re going to be awful and you’re very terrified in a very egoic manner. But as you kind of continue on the journey, you kind of realize how amazing it is what they’re doing and what they’re accomplishing, and how fortunate you are to be a part of it, this unbelievable interwebbing of stories…and I say, keep going. Let’s let the wave get bigger and bigger because it’s not stopping. It’s not like they’re making bad movies. They’re making great movies. If you want to keep putting them in this superhero box, you can, but the fact is, it’s still good movies. Especially the Russos–they ground them in such an authentic way. It’s real humans, real stories, real conflict. Good cinematic storytelling with like a streak of superhero flavor in it. So I say, keep it going. Like, if you can keep doing it, keep doing it.”

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Jeanine resides in Southern California, pursuing the sort of lifestyle that makes her the envy of every 11-year-old she meets. She has been to every Disney theme park in the world and while she finds Tokyo DisneySea the Fairest Of Them All, Disneyland is her Home Park... and there is no place like home.

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