Cassavetes Does Cap?

This story brought a smile to my face, primarily because I never expected news of any significance to ever come from the ITV daytime show This Morning. Over on CHUD Devin got word from a reader that Nick Cassavetes' mother (The Notebook, Alpha Dog), actress Gena Rowlands was on the show and talked about her son's next movie. Here's the pertinent details from CHUD's scooper:

"My wife tells me that Gena Rowlands was on (the show), and mentioned that her son was ORIGINALLY going to direct an Iron Man movie... he's now instead thinking of doing Captain America. Not quite sure who her son is... or whether she's accurate... but thought I'd send it your way anyway."

I love that the scooper pulls out the old "my wife" trick - admit it, son, you were watching This Morning! Captain America generated a hell of a lot of newspaper and online copy recently when he was killed off in the comics, perhaps the first character to do that since the "Death of Superman" arc. I love the concept for Captain America: weedy soldier becomes WWII hero and is frozen in suspended animation, only to be revived in the present day having to face contemporary enemies and problems. Steven Spielberg would absolutely be the dream ticket for this but he'll never do it. Cassavetes is solid if a bit unspectacular, but I see no reason why he couldn't make it work. Maybe he could bring his Notebook star Ryan Gosling with him? source - chud