Even thoughCaptain America: Civil Warhas only been out for about a month, it is hard to imagine the Marvel Cinematic Universe without it. But there was a time not too long ago where fans were still just hoping that maybe someday the famous comic book storyline would be adapted to film. Cap himselfChris Evanswas at Wizard World Philadelphia over the weekend and gave some really cool inside details about how the film came to be.
Speaking withComicBook.comat a panel during the convention, the subject of howCivil Wargot made came about.Evanswas joined onstage by his fellow castmatesSebastian StanandAnthony Mackie. When asked about it,Evansreally opened up and had quite a bit to say, and as it turns out, it was naturallyKevin Feige’s idea.
“We were filmingUltronandKevin Feigecame in one day and was kicking around ideas for Cap 3 and he really made a big performance out of it. He had a little manila envelop and he says, ‘So, for Cap 3, this is what we’re thinking.’ And he pulls out aCivil War comic bookand I was like, ‘No! Really?’ That requiresDowney.' And he said, ‘I know. We’re in talks with him right now.'”
ThoughCaptain America: Civil Warwas a very big departure from the comic book, there was no question thatRobert Downey Jr.needed to be on board to make it happen, and at the time it seemed like he was getting a little burned out on the MCU, so it was really exciting when we all found out he was going to do it. Lucky for us,FeigeandEvansmanaged to talk him into it.Evansexplained that after the initial meeting, things came together pretty quickly.
“After that meeting we went back to set and we were filming some scene onUltronandDowneycomes up and he said, ‘Hey, hey, so, I think we’re gonna do this movie together. And I was like, ‘Really? Please! Please do this!’ Because, you know, that’s such a big… The fans wanted it. It sends the MCU in a certain trajectory. We all had our fingers crossed butDowneywas certainly a big piece of that puzzle so once he got on board everything else fell into place.”
After the success that theRusso Brothershad withCaptain America: The Winter Soldier, theCaptain Americafranchise was in a very good place and could have went in a lot of different directions.Civil Warwas something that Marvel Studios was definitely going to try and work their way around to at some point, but asEvanssays, they had all of the right pieces now and they managed to put them together in a very successful and very well liked film. Not to mention that it was a great excuse to finally make a deal with Sony to get Spider-Man in the MCU.
Captain America: Civil Warhas made $1.1 billion worldwide and is currently thehighest grossing movie of 2016, and will very likely keep that spot for the duration of 2016.Robert Downey Jr.will show up next in the MCU as Tony Stark inSpider-Man: Homecoming. As forEvans, he has stated he would love a cameo inHomecoming, but if that doesn’t work out, we will likely see him with his shield in the first part ofInfinity Warin 2018.
