<P> In February 2013, Emily VanCamp entered negotiations to play a female lead in the film . By March 2013, Maximiliano Hernández was signed to reprise his role as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Jasper Sitwell from Thor and The Avengers and Robert Redford entered in talks to join the cast, as a high - ranking member of S.H.I.E.L.D, which he later confirmed . Toward the end of March, UFC fighter Georges St - Pierre was cast as a character based on the comics' Batroc the Leaper in the film . </P> <P> Captain America's uniform was altered from the ones seen in previous films, with a Kevlar - based ballistic component that would protect Captain America but at the same time function like a military uniform . Joe Russo said, "We wanted to use his Super Soldier outfit from the (Steve Rogers: Super Soldier series) as a way to represent, thematically, his place in the world of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the difference between working for S.H.I.E.L.D. and being Captain America ." For the Falcon costume, the filmmakers were interested in adding more of a tactical design than was represented in the comic books, by including real - world webbing, straps and gear and stripping away the more comic book elements . </P> <P> Principal photography began on April 1, 2013, at the Raleigh Manhattan Beach Studios in Los Angeles, under the working title Freezer Burn . Scenes taking place on the Lemurian Star were filmed on the Sea Launch Commander, docked in Long Beach, California . In early May, Dominic Cooper confirmed he would return as Howard Stark . On May 14, 2013, production moved to Washington, D.C. with filming taking place at the National Mall and the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge . The following day, Garry Shandling was spotted on set reprising his Iron Man 2 role of Senator Stern . Other filming locations in Washington, D.C. included the Willard Hotel and Dupont Circle . </P> <P> Filming in Cleveland began on May 17 and was scheduled to last until mid-June with locations scheduled on the West Shoreway, the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant in Cuyahoga Heights and the Lakeview Cemetery Dam . Cleveland was chosen as a stand - in for Washington, D.C, with the city's East 6th Street doubling as 7th and D Streets in Southwest D.C. Other locations in Cleveland included the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland State University, the Cleveland Arcade, Tower City Center, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Western Reserve Historical Society . Interior shots were also filmed inside private homes and the Pilgrim Congregational Church in Tremont . Filming in Cleveland concluded on June 27, 2013 . </P>

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