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Captain America’s Shield Spotted in Iron Man

Posted on Saturday, May 10th, 2008 by Hunter Stephenson

Captain America's Shield Spotted in Iron Man

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Our friends at First Showing having confirmed that Captain America’s red, white and blue shield appears near the 1 hr 30 min mark in Iron Man. I looked for a better screen grab, but haven’t found one clearer than that above. The scene is the one where Pepper Potts/Gwyneth Paltrow walks in on Tony Stark/Robert Downey Jr. as he attempts to remove his suit after returning from his showdown with the fighter jets. You may recall the scene more clearly knowing that this is right around when Stark says to Potts,”Let’s face it, this is not the worst thing you’ve caught me doing.”

Apparently, the shield is as “clear as day” in the film complete with red coloring, but my friends and I didn’t notice it during my viewing. Did you? And if you’re wondering, the shield cannot be seen in the trailer when parts of the scene are shown.

As expected, fans are already working the shield’s cameo into the logic of Marvel’s new and ever expanding movie-verse, but I’m going with the “just for fun” theory right now. Without spoiling anything, the scene obviously occurs before Stark encounters Nick Fury/Samuel L. Jackson after the credits, and S.H.I.E.L.D. is not a prominent factor when the shield pops up. However, it still appears that Stark is at work on a prototype of Captain America’s signature weapon, so one can at least imagine a similar, stunning and advanced technology utilized by the character when he appears on screen in 2011’s The First Avenger: Captain America. Where World War II, cryogenics and Matthew McConaughey (ugh) come into play, who knows.

Discuss: Sight gag or is this all part of Marvel’s new franchise design? How do you feel about Stark possibly being the inventor of Captain America’s shield?

Comments

GUY

JASON LEWIS is CAPTAIN AMERICA!

Heck DANIEL DAY LEWIS for RED SKULL!!

LEWIS vs LEWIS! ; D

andries price

that's amazing i think john cena will get captain america sheild on the movie i hope john cena and robert downey jr. team up on the avengres movie against the incredible hulk played by edward norton that's john cena is captain america robert downey jr. as iron man i will see them on the avengres in theatres may 4th 2012 see ya.

dave

i think this is a good idea by marvel comics if they are having ton y stark be the inventor because it makes the whole thing seem a bit more realistic and make it seem as though it could actually happen.

V1NC3

ACE HAS THE BEST REASON IN THIS SHIELD IMHFO

IRONMAN A MASTERPIECE, HULK ALSO, ALL DEFINATELY COMIN TOGETHA YEAH

jamar

comment on the capt. america being an ice thing--->capt.america waz nt frozen in the ice...it waz a reflection of him standing up....just luk at the shadow n front of him...u'll c wat i mean

copy nd paste dis 2 ur URL...u'll c

http://www.gaijinside.com/captain-america-spott...

Dan

I heard that a movie in the upcoming years will be about Iron Man, Hulk and Captain America. Because in The Incredible Hulk you see Captain America Frozen in ice at the begining,and of course in Iron man with the sheild!!!!!

Applesauce McGee

Just watched it on blu-ray on a 46" lcd... it is very very clear that it is the shield. Obviously the star is only half drawn on there... Be way too obvious other wise. But it has a very glassy look to it. And the second ring (the white ring) is clear. So that actual shield will look real modern and bad arse!!!

gamer76

Again through retroactive continuity, it is established that the shield was presented to Rogers by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.[1] The shield is created by a fictional American metallurgist named Dr. Myron MacLain, who had been commissioned by the US government to create an indestructible armor material to aid the war effort. MacLain experiments with vibranium, an alien metal found only in Wakanda that has unique vibration absorption properties.
The vibranium-iron alloy mix is then poured into a mold for a tank's upper hatch to create the disc shape and painted to become Captain America's symbol.

Dr. Maclain did this independently and never worked for Stark Industries. He did later work for s.h.i.e.l.d. Tony Stark never developed Cap's Shield, So all this would be is another gross screw up of yet another comic book storyline

Jason

I would agree with the McConaughey comments if not for him pulling off badass fairly well in Reign of Fire. The movie didn't do that great but you can't deny him going totally against the pretty boy stereotype he has been labeled with.

Scott Jester

This video makes it alot easier to see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Mmy49n_xE&...

Greg

What if Tony's father built the shield for Cap. America and what if the us gov't put cap into long term cold storage and now the gov't is thinking of taking cap OUT of storage and they want Tony to see if he can improve the shield...or merely they are having him take a look at it to better understand it and then improve it if he can???

i am by no means a comic book expert but hey, if marvel is bending story lines here and there already, why not bend it a little more if it means that a good, money-making movie results out of it??

edog

I'm the last person to see Iron Man, which was sweet, but I was anxious to leave and missed the post-credit Fury meeting. Goddammit!

Barbelith

My personal take on it would be that Cap's shield already existed from the days of WW2. The impossible alloy that comprised the shield is still one of the strongest metals in Marvel's mythology. So if the shield was found after Cap dissappeared, the government would still own it. A military contractor with Starks pull could probably ask to study it for a classified practical application study (while really using it to investigate the alloys make his own super-armor).

It is either that or he bought it years ago at a Christie's auction. You know how the super rich can be,

Jordan Van Wyk

People keep listing people that should play Captain America, saying people like Bear Grylls, Matt Damon, Matt Mchonaghy (sp.)... but Captain America is America, 6'2", and 240lbs... the closest I saw that was a good idea was Jason Lewis, who would be good, my first thought was Gerard Butler, but I may switch to Jason... and no I don't think that's the Captain's shield in Iron man, but i'd have to watch it more closely.

RichYan33

Kevin Fiege from Marvel Entertainment has confirmed that it is Cap's shield.

The idea that Tony's father built the shield is a good one. "He helped defeat the Nazi's!"

reggie

Definetly not a shield. I have the DL and its not even close

JKirby

What about Colin Ferguson for Captain America. I mean he's not a major movie star but he's done more than just television.

AND for Captamerica..."You gotta have someone with the Capt America chin too."

I think he's got enough of a chin to pull off the look lol

He's more over played a lot of roles as likeable caring people: Doctors, police officers, agents, sheriffs etc

Ace

One thing i hate to hear is everyone saying Tony Stark is building the shield, has anyone thought his father may have worked on the super soldier project, it does say in the interview with the reporter from "Brown" that his father helped fight the nazis..." maybe he is taking apart the shield, i mean in the movie, which i saw twice, it was apparent that the shield wasn't complete, maybe he is going through his fathers things, and that was one of his fathers unfinished projects?

big daddy

thanks for giving me a reason to see this masterpiece again. i love this movie

Mr Pink

looks like a fucking stretch to me

Pedro Monscooch

Sorry aCtDeltAS!
Copy this Link and Paste in the Address box
http://www.uppicz.com/image/thfree-image-hostin...

It's a screen cap from a mate's pirate version. If you want, I'll upload multiple frames to prove it's not a PS job.

At the end of the day, it's only an easter egg.

By the way Hunter (if you're still reading these comments) check out Jason Lewis from Sex And The City for Captain America: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507314/
The campaign starts now.

Mecline

aCtDeltAS

I'm assuming your getting that still from the trailer, from which its pretty much been decided that the shield was either erased from the shot for the trailer or added in for the movie. The reason the still slash film shows is slightly blurry with saturated colours is because its a telesync of Iron Man. That is to say a high-quality camera recording of the actual movie synced to a direct stream of the audio. Since the shot is directly FROM the movie and numerous people here are confirming it, I still don't get how people can debate whether its actually there or not.

Joel

Tony Stark.... is... Captain America??

Chimaera

I totally agree that Damon would do a great job, based on his track record, but if they've already signed on McConaughey then it's pretty much done, right? It's a shame he's already type-casted from all the romcom's he's been in...then again Damon's done some comedy as well.

aCtDeltAS

Sorry!
Copy this Link and Paste in the Address box
http://www.uppicz.com/image/free-image-hosting-...

S

Spoke with one of my friends from ILM and indeed it was intended to be put there. There is a shield - supposed to be "under construction" for captain america. I guess tony stark builds it.

dontknow252

just viewed a pirated copy I have and sure as shit, its right there under his arm. can't miss it.

Steelo

being the nerd I am it would stand to reason. Iron man being a hybrid of past, present, cartoon and Ultimate storylines. Why the hell not?

Hunter Stephenson

@ ashwilliams

Well said my brother!!!!

Ashwilliams

As i say, maybe the shield was cut from trailer or put later, when i saw the movie, i don't see the shield, that's no mean that the shield wasn't there. I have to wait to dvd to see clearly if it's was the shield or not.

Anthony

Damon would be awesome, but if a fourth Bourne is in the works I don't see it happening.

Mecline

Jesus, the shield is in the film and its Capt.'s for sure. I'm staring at a telesync after watching it in theaters no less and its their in all its splendor.

Avengers ftw.

Peter Sciretta

Ashwilliams: The Shield is in the film, I've had friends who have seen it multiple times. The Shield was not in the trailer, and was added afterwards.

Ashwilliams

Sorry folks, but the image it's fake.

I take this pic from trailer and clearly, only we can see a desk and some papers, nothing more. No shield.

Without zoom:
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/4519/nocapta...

With zoom:
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8428/nocaptain...

Also it's is possible, that the shield was cut from the trailer but i really doubt that. I think that some "genious" use photoshop or paint to win a little of fame.
It's not very hard, the image was taken from a screener, the quality is very bad, use photoshop was easy.

Jerry to the Biggy Butler

Seems to be in plain sight lying there in that pic.

Captain Awesome

It's a UFO

orange cinema

holy shit frunobulax damon would be perfect, absolutely perfect.

frunobulax

The shield is there.Christopher Edwards is correct.Stark Industries will be a thread tying the Marvel Universe together.Anyone with the slightest idea of who Jack Kirby was knows that the only hollywood actor capable of this is Matt Damon.

Chimaera

Sorry, I went off on a tangent. I think they just want us to go see the movie again on the pretext to see if the shield is actually there :P I'd see it again anyway. The government is supposed to give CAP his shield but since Stark does most of the developmental weaponry I could see how he could be behind its creation.

Chimaera

@ Hunter

I could see Hamm as a superhero. He has that look to him...

I just want to see what they are going to do with the CA plot. I mean, they probably want to start after they find him unfrozen from that block of ice, but they might want to do a back story...and will they have Bucky in much the same light as Rhodes in IM or as an established sidekick? It'll be be funny if they have Sharon and Rogers have a bastard kid like the new Superman, even though they actually do in the comic, lol. I just hope they actually give him a villain...I'd like to see what they do with the Red Skull.

MagicArc

Not Cap's shield. People are seeing things...if you look closely the "star shape" is no where near the middle of the "Shield." Its just a shape caused by lighting from Tony's Equipment.

Captain Awesome

Abe Vigoda would be a great Captain America

orange cinema

hunter

holy shit, i guess my optimism is lost! and i'll say it again, if rdj is age appropriate for stark, then mm is ok for cap - read the comics, they are close in age in the cannon, so that argument is competely invalid. normally i find you more open-minded, but i do understand what mm has made of his career, i just thought this could be a redeeming point. if travolta can do it after the look who's talking films, then mm is just fine. there is never a 'the end' for an actors career, only a chance to turn a new corner. one or two tarantino/rodriguez films later and we've completely forgotten the joke that was mickey rourke. but i hope you rewatch a time to kill, as it was the peak of his career, and showed some of cap's similar virtues.

Hunter Stephenson

@ Aaron

Paul Walker? What is this, JLA?

Aaron

Paul Walker would be a awesome Cap. He was great in Pleasantville.

Hunter Stephenson

@ OC

Really? MM turns a CA flick into an automatic laughing stock. The guy's a bromance steakhead. The end. Age is the last factor for why he's completely wrong. While the following actor is a general unknown to fanboys, I think Jon Hamm from Mad Men could pull of the WW2 to present day leap/dissonance fairly well. This guy was meant to play the lead in a comic book film down to the old school facial features. He's also on the come-up as far as Hollywood films go.

Here's his imdb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358316/

kevin

can they really pull this off? AVENGERS really?? that would be sick. im just not optmistic that they can be able to do it

orange cinema

btw, i totally see the star/sheild thing - and if its the sheild thats fucking rad.

orange cinema

hunter, i know there are worries about mat mc playing cap amer, but there is one good thing to consider: remember how noble and courageous he was in 'a time to kill' - if they can recapture that spirit, matt might be just right for the role. of course to that, some are saying it was years ago and why not bring in a younger steve austin - to that i say robert downey jr is about the same age. so keep the hope up, if it happens it could be a perfect fit.

CaptAmerica

The shield rules! I recall seeing it in the movie, but didn't put 2+2 together that it would be Capt. America's. I thought it was just some random thing lying around. Makes complete sense with the Avengers happening soon.

NOW...for Captain America. Casting Director if you see this:

BEAR GRYLSS of Man Vs. Wild would be the perfect Captain America (even though he's Euro)!!! Please for the love of Stan Lee don't make ManMeat McGonnaghey Capt. America...he's already type-casted as a playboy/goofball/womanizer. You need a bad-ass as the Captain.

Better A-options might include: Daniel Day-Lewis (tho I seriously doubt he'd take the role), Joaquin Phoenix (he could fit the bad-ass mold if he wanted to), Viggo Mortensen could also pull it off. He could use a superhero role. Whomever you pick has to have a typecasted degree of heroic/likeable human character before even going into the film. You gotta have someone with the Capt America chin too. XD

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