Warning: Spoilers fromThe Falcon and the Winter Soldierare discussed in this article.
But there was so much more toThe Falcon and the Winter Soldierbeyond this formative moment.
Madame Hydra), and Carl Lumbly as super-soldier-in-hiding Isaiah Bradley.
Anthony Mackie as Captain America on ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’.Chuck Zlotnick/Marvel Studios
“That moment is so big,” he says.
You realize there was so much territory.
You could talk about what it meant to be Cap.
‘Captain America and the Winter Soldier’ title card revealed at the end of ‘Falcon and the Winter Soldier.’.
As a Black man, myself, what [does] it mean to wear the stars and stripes.
That was always going to be the focal point of the series from the very get go."
Spellman pressed so hard to get the job because of this main premise.
Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson as the new Captain America in ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’.Marvel Studios
Nagelhout also praises Spellman’s humor.
That always naturally felt like a buddy-cop dynamic."
He felt it was important for viewers to “understand why Sam was the right guy.”
Wyatt Russell’s John Walker in ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.'.Chuck Zlotnick/Marvel Studios
Not that it was given to Sam, but this is Sam’s.
You think about all the Avengers from Thor to Captain Marvel.
Why are they going to follow this guy?
Daniel Bruhl as Baron Zemo in ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.'.Chuck Zlotnick/Marvel Studios
It’s why he was a counselor for veterans after the war.
We thought it was really special that we had a villain who had an understandable point of view.
She had a cause.
Then it starts to change.
“It was so perfect,” he remarks.
“It’s powerful to see thatCaptain America and the Winter Soldier[title].
“Sam represents a new hero.”
He doesn’t definitively say one way or the other whether a second season is in the works.
They’re all characters we have a ton of affection for.
Crafting the suit
A new title also means new threads.
The biggest debate arose around the cowl.
The team worried it wouldn’t look right.
“They are beyond attentive to every detail, every shade of color.
For killing a member of the Flag-Smashers in broad daylight, he was stripped of his title and rank.
“That medal of honor was a very important moment,” she says.
“Lemar said something about the medal of honor when they’re talking.
[John] says it was the worst day of my life, suggesting there’s some history there.
When he puts it on the back of the fake shield, it’s indicative of his dilemma.
He’s hanging onto a falsehood, which he’s living.”
“It actually would have been selling the character short just to go full heel,” he explains.
“Frankly, I don’t think that he’s fully redeemed by the end, by any stretch.
I don’t even think he thinks he’s fully redeemed.
We’re good.’
It’s, ‘We have more to talk about.
This is not over.
You are not completely on the side of the angels.'”
The ending further revealed that Val has bigger plans for John.
She gives him a new uniform and dubs him U.S. “Things are about to get weird,” she tells him.
“So, when they do, we’re not gonna need a Captain America.
We’re gonna need a U.S. Moore doesn’t believe John is a villain by the end of all this.
“That character starts as somebody who the institutions would tell you is the best of the best.
Might Zemo form his own super-group?
The Thunderbolts ultimately did not have a presence on the show.
“The more characters you produce, then you have to service them,” he adds.
Now, that doesn’t mean the Thunderbolts aren’t coming up in the MCU down the line.
I just know there seems to be a lot of chatter around that.
I don’t know if fans are crazy or not.”
