Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Chris Evans Was ‘Begged’ To Take Captain America Role


Posted on Jun 21, 2011 @ 01:30PM - 1 comment

By Radar Staff

Look out America, your Captain is calling!

After donning a stars and stripes super hero suit and trademark shield to play Captain America: The First Avenger this summer, Chris Evans is opening up to GQ about how he had to be begged to accept the role, and RadarOnline.com has an exclusive sneak peek at the interview and the sexy photo shoot with famed photographer Mario Testino.

Evans first became famous as a less patriotic super hero alongside Jessica Alba in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, so it's understandable that he didn't want to get pigeon-holed in the genre.

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The 30-year-old actor reveals in the July issue of GQ that he was initially reluctant to take the role of geeky Steve Rogers who is injected with a Super-Soldier serum during World War II and transformed into a Nazi-whacking super hero.

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New Music: Scott Pilgrim Kicks Butt


Posted on Aug 10, 2010 @ 06:04PM - Add a comment

The new Michael Cera film Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World has a soundtrack that boasts four new songs by Beck under the pseudonym Sex Bob-omb and two versions of a new Beck song released under his own name, entitled “Ramona”. The soundtrack also includes tracks by Beachwood Sparks, The Black Lips, Metric, Frank Black, and Broken Social Scene, along with classic tracks like “Teenage Dream” by T. Rex and “Under My Thumb” by The Rolling Stones

The new Michael Cera film Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World has a soundtrack that boasts four new songs by Beck under the pseudonym Sex Bob-omb and two versions of a new Beck song released under his own name, entitled “Ramona”. The soundtrack also includes tracks by Beachwood Sparks, The Black Lips, Metric, Frank Black, and Broken Social Scene, along with classic tracks like “Teenage Dream” by T. Rex and “Under My Thumb” by The Rolling Stones

Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam includes hits by The Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas….

Who could forget ‘90s balladeers the Goo Goo Dolls? The guys are back with Waiting for the Rest of It….

Mike Posner’s latest offering is 31 Minutes to Takeoff….

Lee Scratch Perry offers up Revelation, the third of a series of collaborations with multi-instrumentalist Steve Marshall. Guests include Keith Richards, George Clinton and Tim Hill….

The Brooklynites in The Budos Band release their third full-length studio album, The Budos Band III

Land That I Love
is the latest from The Charlie Daniels Band…..

Scott Hardkiss releases You & I, a remix EP….

Lost in the Trees offers up All Alone in an Empty House, which is a newly reworked version of the band’s 2008 debut….

One Ring Zero
release Planets, which features a guest appearance by cellist Hamilton Berry, who has played with Vampire Weekend

Come and Get It! is the latest from Eli “Paperboy” Reed and was produced by Mike Elizondo….

Blake Shelton has a new album entitled All About Tonight…..

We Rule the Night is a new offering from Sonic Syndicate…..

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