Yahoo News Daredevil actor was almost cast as Captain America
Daredevil actor Wilson Bethel has revealed just how close he came to landing the iconic role of Captain America.
Bethel is about to debut as Marvel villain Bullseye in the Netflix TV show's third season, but he's admitted that his agonisingly close casting experience on The First Avenger was "probably the single most exciting time of my life and also the single most devastating".
Chatting to Comic Book, the star elaborated: "They put me in the Cap suit and did everything. So, I screen tested it at Marvel with a number of other guys. They ended up releasing all the other guys... I was meeting with Joe Johnson to discuss the role and see storyboards.
"So, it was this insane period where during that time I kind of thought that maybe I was going to actually get the role. I actually screen tested again a second time a month later on my birthday."
Like a stranger blowing out your birthday cake candles, Marvel unfortunately had other plans.
"I think it was like one or two days later that they made the announcement that Chris Evans got the part," Bethel said. "So, to be perfectly honest, that was one of the hardest moments in my professional career. And it spun me out for a while to be honest with you.
"But I'm also a firm believer that things happen as they're supposed to, and obviously, Chris did an incredible job in that role. And my life, while it hasn't brought me to lead the Avengers, has been really rich and rewarding in other ways. So, I can't spend too much time lamenting it."
He still remains a 'glass half-full' kind of guy, as he admitted: "Just the fact that things have kind of come full circle in a way, and I still get to be a dude in a suit, is pretty exciting."
Daredevil season three launched on Netflix today (October 19).
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