‘Captain America The Winter Soldier’ Spoilers: Upcoming Film To Be Based On Corruption In The 1970s? [VIDEO]
Though Captain America: The Winter Soldier is set in present day Washington D.C., its creative team said the newest Marvel film was inspired by an entirely different decade.
A story published in the most recent issue of Empire magazine citing members of the production team saying that the film draws references from the 1970s.
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"In our attempt to make all of our films feel unique and feel different we found ourselves going back to things like [Three Days of the Condor]. Also the other political thrillers of the '70s: The Parallax View, All the President's Men," Kevin Feige, Marvel Studios President of Production, told the publicaton. "This was a time that Cap existed in the comics. He found himself in the swinging '60s followed by the Watergate era followed by the Reagan era followed by where we are today."
The exact era the comics are set in didn't work for the timeframe he had in mind for the films, Feige added. To make up for it Steve Rogers will face more conflicts with S.H.I.E.L.D. in the film.
"In the comics it was a hell of a journey for Steve, and we couldn't take him through those years because in our cinematic universe he was asleep," he said. "Be he wanted to force him to confront that kind of moral conundrum, something with that '70s flavor. And in our film that takes the form of S.H.I.E.L.D."
The film's co-writer Stephen McFeely chimed in, saying, "In this one, we're dealing with the Cap after Marvel thawed him out in the '60s, the one whose values don't necessarily match ours."
Lead actor Chris Evans also opened up more about the adjustment his character had to make to the time period.
"In this movie there's a lot going on for Steve. He's trying to acclimatize to the modern world," he said. "I don't want to give too much away, but it's about trying to find how he fits. He's a man from the 1940s. He's just woken up."
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"For everybody else, it's been a slow burn to get to where we are in 2014. But for him, suddenly there's the internet, cellphones and The Patriot Act," he added. "The technology's new to him and so is the access the government has to that technology."
Fans will get to see the Captain's adjustment as he battles both S.H.I.E.L.D. and The Winter Soldier when Captain America: The Winter Soldier opens in theaters April 4.
