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Joe Johnston Describes The Use Of The Shield In Captain America: The First Avenger! |
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Saturday, 18 June 2011 09:08 |
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Talking to Hero Complex, the director of the highly anticipated movie from Marvel Studios described just how much we see Captain America throw his shield, the uses he finds for it and making sure it's wielded in a suitably exciting and epic manner by the iconic superhero. We've already seen Cap using his shield as a weapon in the trailer and recently released TV spots (one such moment can be seen in the fantastic gif by DCMarvelFreshman above) but it's good to hear that Johnston and Marvel put plenty of thought into exactly how and why it's such an important part of the character.
"The whole thing about throwing the shield was given a lot of thought. And you know he just doesn’t do it a lot in the movie. I’d say maybe four of five times? But when he does, it’s a big deal; he really saves the day."
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