Stanley Tucci lands Dr. Erskine in ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’
'The Lovely Bones' villain Stanley Tucci has joined the cast of 'Captain America: The First Avenger' as Dr. Abraham Erskine, Joe Johnston is getting the last pieces of the puzzle inplace for his superhero epic.
In the comic Erskine was the scientist responsible for developing the Super-Soldier serum that allowed regular schlub Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) to become the power-packed superhero Captain America, however, it's not all plain sailing for the good doctor since shortly after Rogers completes his transformation, a Nazi spy shoots Erskine dead. Which rather chucks a spanner into anyone’s plans for creating other enhanced troops since the brain box committed his serum formula to memory.
Tucci joins an all star cast including Chris Evans as the titular hero, English beauty Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, Hugo Weaving as the dastardly Red Skull, Neal McDonough as Dum Dum Dugan, Tommy Lee Jones and Toby Jones.
Shooting is expected to start at the end of June for a 2011 release.