Dum Dum Dugan joins Captain America…

…maybe.

Slash/Film (and lots of other places) are reporting that Neal McDonough is in negotiations to play Dum Dum Dugan in the Captain America movie.

Dugan was second in command to Sgt Fury in the Howling Commandos in WWII, and as I’m pretty sure I read an interview with Samuel L. Jackson saying he wasn’t in Cap, I wonder if he’ll be running the troop this time out. Then again, Jackson seems to get confused as to who’s playing who in the Marvel movies so maybe I shouldn’t put too much faith in that.

Off topic, I also wonder how Dugan manages to be running around in the current MU, too – Fury had the Infinity Formula administered to him by Berthold Stermberg, but I’m pretty sure Dugan didn’t.

Maybe I shouldn’t think about it too much.

I know a lot of people thought Ted Levine should get the part and I can see why (even if I do have a hard time shaking his Silence of the Lambs‘ Buffalo Bill tuck’n'dance maneuver out of my head every time I hear his voice) but I’m sure McDonough will do fine as Dugan provided he grows a Sam Elliot-esque ‘tache for the role.

After all, McDonough has something going for him that Levine doesn’t: not only has he been in a flick about wendigos of a sort (Ravenous, underrated but pretty damn good), but he also fought the Borg.

And the Borg won.

Tags: Captain America, Casting, Marvel, Movies-Archived, Star Trek

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