EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Bruhl is set to play the villain role in the next Captain America: Civil War, the one that will also bring Robert Downey Jr. and his Iron Man character as central to the conflict of the new film. The third installment, to be directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, brings back Chris Evans and marks the debut of Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther, and Sebastian Stan, who’s back as The Winter Soldier and Anthony Mackie back as The Falcon. Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson are also expected to take part. I have to say I’m disappointed with Marvel Studios, which took my inquiry as reason to rush up a press release on the inhouse website. I guess they’ve decided to leave virtues like honesty to the Marvel characters. So short sighted.
Bruhl had his breakout role in the U.S. with Inglourious Basterds and turned in distinguished performances as the race car driver Niki Lauda in Rush and also starred in The Fifth Estate. The Russos are building up their Marvel cred with this all-star outing, and I keep hearing they will step up to the ultimate Marvel all-star team and take the reins of The Avengers franchise from Joss Whedon, possibly with that next film that will shoot back to back.
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Tavistock Wood Management, Players Agentur Management, and WME rep Bruhl.
If Marvel wants to bring back Red Skull, they’ll probably take a page from the comics. In the early 90’s, Red Skull returned with his mind in the body of a Steve Rogers clone. Cap caused a weapon to blow up in his face leaving him with the red skull look again, but the body is still just a clone. In effect, Chris Evans could end up playing both Captain America and the Red Skull.
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Wow, this is all about Mike Fleming! So who are you playing, no wait, lemme guess…MODOC?
Zemo or Dr. Faustus
Baron Zeno obviously. Was hoping the Red Skull would return.
Well if he’s also going to have a significant role in “Doctor Strange” as rumored, he could be playing Baron Mordo.
Maybe he is playing the Red Skull. The original actor, Hugo Weaving said he wasn’t considering returning to the role, so they might cast another actor to play the villain, and make him a separate character from Schmidt, since in the comics there were other Red Skulls. Though my money’s completely on him being Baron Zemo, unless their planning to use both Zemo and the Red Skull in it. I too miss the Red Skull, thought he would work for Thanos since his supposed death at the end of First Avenger was a bit ambiguous and looked as though he was being sucked into a vortex.