Tommy Lee Jones wants Captain America?
Tommy Lee Jones could be about to land another high profile film, hot on the heels of the news that he is reprising his role as Agent K in the third (and 3D) installment of Men In Black, he could be set to join Chris Evans and Hugo Weaving in Captain America: The First Avenger.
There’s nothing confirmed, nor denied about Jones’s involvement, but it’s fairly obvious he’ll be playing a military general or something befitting his age and experience. He’d certainly bring some much needed gravitas to proceedings.
Marvel’s latest film to head into production sees Chris Evans’ soldier turned into a superhero to fend off the dreaded Nazis and The Red Skull (Hugo Weaving). Director Johnston originally wanted an unknown to take the role but following the dictum of Donald Rumsfeld, Marvel and he went for a “known unknown that we know about”. Evans, of course, played Johnny Storm in Tim Story’s fun by much loathed Fantastic Four films, but he’s hardly a mega star…yet.