Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Cooper Duper

Rising star Dominic Cooper is about to take it up a notch-as he is set to play Howard Stark in the Joe Johnston's comic book pic Captain America: The First Avenger says Salon

Played by
John Slattery in Iron Man 2 the man is the father of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.)

He joins Chris Evans as our hero, Hugo Weaving as the villain Red Skull, Toby Jones as evil scientist Arnim Zola, Hayley Atwell as Cap's love interest Peggy Carter, Sebastian Stan as Cap's sidekick Bucky Barnes.

Just off apearring opposite Carey Mulligan in An Education and soon to be seen in Tamara Drewe this role is a big get for the young Cooper--Since as co-founder of S.H.I.E.L.D. the elder Stark could appear in several sequels or spin offs

Cap comes to theaters July 22nd, 2011

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