And now we are learning that The Office star John Krasinski auditioned to play Steve Rogers in Captain America: The First Avenger, and even made it as far as a costumed audition, before he took himself out of the race for one very funny reason.
John Krasinski is no less intimidating than Chris Evans is (or was) in real life.
That’s okay, I’m not Captain America.’
And if you saw Krasinski in Michael Bay’s 13 Hours, you would have no problem believing him as a buff superhero in the Marvel universe.