Captain America: The First Avenger director Joe Johnston has recently spoken about the awesome special effects used in the film.

Some unique methods had to be used to give star Chris Evans the sickly look of his character, Steve Rogers, before he receives the super soldier serum.  Johnston describes some of these methods:

When Chris had to interact with other characters in the scene, we had to either lower Chris or raise the other actors on apple boxes or elevated walkways to make skinny Steve shorter in comparison.

Johnston also goes on to say that he did not know much about the character of Captain America before he began working on the film.

I was certainly aware of the character but had not been a regular reader. I didn’t see this as a disadvantage of any kind. I was able to approach the character with a more objective viewpoint than someone who would call himself a fan.

Do you think this will benefit the film?  Let us know in the comment section below!

Thanks to Digital Spy for the great info!

Captain America: The First Avenger hits theaters July 22nd!