I don't actually hate the idea of Ryan Phillipe as Captain America. I realize at this point nobody has any real idea whatsoever who's going to pick up the shield, and so continuing to post about it is sort of futile. But this particular bit of speculation gives me the opportunity to praise Breach, the fabulous, nervy thriller about the Robert Hanssen case that to my mind is one of the more criminally slept-on movies of the last decade. Everyone in it, Chris Cooper, Laura Linney, and Phillipe are working at the top of their respective games:
And given that the movie's bad guy is going to be Red Skull, I think it could do for Cap to be a little tense.