Jan 23, 2021
The toughest thing about the shield was making it believable that this guy could throw this thing, have it bounce off something and take some guy out and have it come back to him. We tried some practical stuff where he’s throwing a rubber shield. Nothing worked until we handed it over Chris Evans basically until we said, “Okay, you’ve got this shield. that’s this wide, and weight this much. what would you do? how would you throw it?” And he came up with some really interesting ways of doing it. and he had nothing in his hands. He’s just miming the action. It was basically Chris Evans’ ability to mime throwing and catching that shield that made it work. - Dir. Joe johnston, Captain America:the first avenger Behind the scenes -
