Trivia: Stan Lee cameo: When Captain America did not come out for one of his shows, a short man came out to tell the announcer he would not be appearing. Stan Lee says "I thought he would be taller."
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
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Directed by: Joe Johnston
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Dominic Cooper
Continuity mistake: After Steve throws Heinz Kruger, the assassin sent to kill him, out of his boat, both Steve and Heinz are bone dry despite being fully submerged in water only moments before.
Steve Rogers: I thought you were dead.
Bucky Barnes: I thought you were smaller.
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Question: Before he was genetically altered and his real body was used, how did they get Chris Evans to look so scrawny?
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Chosen answer: A couple of techniques were used. In most cases, Evans would film the scene normally, then the effects team would digitally shrink his character down to the smaller size. This would generally require some on-set adjustment to allow for eyelines - in some cases Evans would be physically lower than other actors, in others, they would look at his upper chest while he looked over their heads. In a few cases, actor Leander Deeny, who possessed the necessary scrawny physique, would film the scene, collaborating closely with Evans to ensure that the character's mannerisms remained the same. Deeny's features would then be digitally replaced with those of Chris Evans. Deeny appears briefly in the movie as the bartender in the pub Rogers visits to recruit his team.
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