“Captain America: The First Avenger” turned out to be a commercial and critical hit, a worthy predecessor of next year’s “The Avengers.” While everyone on the project is happy with the results so far, Reb Brown, the original Captain America, isn’t. Tradition in Hollywood calls for studios to ask actors who played some popular characters in older movies to make cameos in their remakes, as a way to keep fans happy.
Clearly, Brown, who played the Captain in two films in the ‘70s, believes the same should have happened here,
TMZ informs.
Not only does he believe he should have been asked to make a cameo in the film, but he even maintains that this was the initial plan, but he was later ditched to the curb without a word.
“Reb Brown – the guy who played Captain America in two TV movies in the 1970s – feels the producers of this summer’s remake violated an unspoken rule by not asking him to make a cameo in the new film,” TMZ writes.
The e-zine spoke to the actor, who insists that he was up for a part in the
Chris Evans-starring blockbuster but was then left stranded.
“Brown tells TMZ that at one point, the producers told his rep they were into the idea of having him make an appearance in the movie. But before he knew it, he was reading about production getting underway in London without a single call coming his way,” TMZ further reports.
“What irks Brown the most is that Lou Ferrigno got to make a cameo in the 2003 terrible remake of ‘Hulk’,” adds the same publication.
If Marvel is willing to make amends to Brown, he will accept the studio’s apology by doing a cameo for any role they may have in mind for him for the sequel, he says.
Granted, Marvel is yet to announce a follow-up, but chances of it passing on the opportunity to make more money off Captain America are slim to none.
On the other hand, Marvel tells TMZ this is the first time it hears anything about Brown being interested in a cameo for “Captain America: The First Avenger.”
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