Of course Chris Evans nailed 'Civil War' fight scenes on the first take
LOS ANGELES -- Chris Evans is one of those "get it right on the first take" kind of guys. Like that's a surprise.
In this exclusive clip from the DVD extras in the forthcoming Captain America: Civil War home video release, we learn that Evans doesn't need a lot of do-overs. Sometimes none.
Actually, according to the Russo brothers, Anthony and Joe, it's often none. Such a try-hard, this guy.
"He's a crazy quick study," Anthony told Mashable during the directing duo's promotional run for the film's forthcoming home video release. "Insanely fast. There are fights we've pre-blocked on the set that are really complicated that he gets in one or two takes."
"He's a very good athlete, a very gifted technical actor, and he's great with body movement and great with body control," Anthony said.
See for yourself:
What made Captan America: Civil War special was that every blow landed just a little harder, meant just a little more -- because the Russo brothers planned it that way.
"It is very purposeful,"Anthony said. "It's our organizing principle. We love action movies, but the only way we can find our way through an action piece is with story and character."
It helps that they had a dozen movies' worth of character-building to play with, including their own Marvel movie debut, Captain America: The Winter Soldier. But a lot of credit is due here: Civil War balanced something like 11 existing heroes while introducing two new ones (Black Panther and Spider-Man).
"We try to be extremely meticulous," Joe said. "When we're conceiving set pieces, we're figuring out a way to organize it around our story and our characters in a very interesting or poignant way."
Added his brother: "Joe and I are very disciplined about that ... it's a very focused process that starts at the script phase, goes through the shooting phase and well into postproduction."
Josh Dickey is Mashable's Entertainment Editor, leading Mashable's TV, music, gaming and sports reporters as well as writing movie features and reviews.Josh has been the Film Editor at Variety, Entertainment Editor at The Associated Press and Managing Editor at TheWrap.com.A finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club's Best Entertainment Feature in 2015 for "Everyone is Altered: The Secret Hollywood Procedure that Fooled Us for Years," Josh received his BA in Journalism from The University of Minnesota.In between screenings, he can be found skating longboards, shredding guitar and wandering the streets of his beloved downtown Los Angeles.