According to The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog, Marvel Studios had begun test screening for the title role of Steve Rogers/Captain America for the upcoming film, The First Avenger: Captain America. The blog names John Krasinski (The Office), Michael Cassidy (Smallville), Patrick Fluger (The 4400), Scott Porter (Friday Night Lights), Mike Vogel (Cloverfield) and Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl) as contenders for the role and is reporting that the studios has placed the actors on 30-day holds for the duration of the testing process.
The First Avenger: Captain America, directed by Joe Johnson, is scheduled to hit theatres on July 22, 2011.
