Video: How Thor Ruined John Krasinski’s Captain America Chances
By Angie Han/Aug. 24, 2016 11:30 am EST
Krasinski confirmed he’d done a screen test to play Captain America. “When they asked me to test, they actually allowed me to put on the suit, I was on a set, it was all very interesting,” he said.
It’s hard to tell how much of this story is embellished, but the timing theoretically checks out: Krasinski’s screen test would have been around late 2009 or early 2010, and Thor began shooting in January 2010. And the rest of it makes sense, too. What mortal human wouldn’t be intimidated by Hemsworth’s Thor muscles?
But I remember, the only bummer of it was, I was putting on the suit, just watching it, I was like, this is so amazing. And I got about right to my waist, I was still shirtless, feeling pretty good about myself. Wasn’t 13 Hours yet, but I felt pretty good. And all of a sudden Chris Hemsworth walked by as Thor, and he’s like, ‘Hey, mate.’ And I went, I’m good, this is stupid. It’s okay. I’m not Captain America. It’s fine.
Until then, enjoy this video of Krasinski telling the story. It’s way better than reading the transcription:
