Steven "Steve" Grant Rogers and James Buchanan Barnes have been friends since day one. When Steve (pre-serum) tried to join the army, Bucky had his back. And when Bucky was captured by Hydra, Steve was right there to help his best pal. However, there was one dreaded day that split the pair apart. Bucky was presumed dead, and Captain Rogers would later go on to defeat the Red Skull, and sleep for 70 years. When Captain America woke up, he was a man from a time that had past, trying to find his place in this new society. Everyone he knew was dead or dying...or so he thought.
During the events of
Captain America: The Winter Solder, Captain America found out that his best friend (Bucky Barnes) did survive, however, his mind was taken over by Hydra. At that point, it was Captain America's personal mission to save his friend at any cost - even if it meant death. By the time Capt. finally broke free to Bucky (
"I'm with you, ti'll the end of the line"), his corrupted/confused friend vanished once more. Where will the two go from there now that they're reunited once more in the third Captain America film? That's anyone's guess, but when
Captain America: Civil War hits theaters in two months, it'll provide a definite answer.
With all that said above, how would all of the writers, producers, and directors of the third Captain America film describe the lives of Captain America and the Winter Soldier? In a recent interview with
Slashfilm, they took the time to do just that! First up is
Stephen McFeely, who spoke on Bucky's internal conflict.
"It is implied that Hydra killed Howard Stark. I think we can say that. I think that’s all we know, for sure, is that they did that. Bucky killed a lot of people. That’s perhaps more important. When Bucky wakes up, or gets some semblance of his humanity back, if he were to get some semblance of his humanity back, how does he feel about the long list of kills on his record?" Christopher Markus then piggybacked off of Mcfeely, and compared his thoughts to Steve Rogers' dilemma.
"It was bad enough when Cap woke up after 70 years in the ice having done nothing. He woke up after 70 years having murdered a hundred of the best people of the last century. Do you want to go on? Do you want to be free? Do you want to put a bullet in your head? What is it?"
Producer
Nate Moore then elaborated on Captain America's conflict, and revealed just how challenging he thinks Capt's life is.
"It’s about challenging Cap. I think Cap is constantly putting him in situations where he feels protected in the modern world, because he is a soldier. Here’s a guy who went away and came back 70 years later and almost everybody he knew was gone. So it made sense for him to look like a soldier with a shield. Well that goes away. What does he do? In Avengers: Age of Ultron, he goes, ‘Well it doesn’t seem like the family like is what I want. Maybe it’s running The Avengers. Maybe that’s the thing.’ So, again, to give him the maximum amount of drama." He then added,
"It’s like what else can you strip away? Now what happens? So now he found a home in The Avengers. Let’s take that way. Now what does that character do? It really forced Steve Rogers to grow and not just be the leader of The Avengers. We can tell that story and I think that’s fun, and comics have done that for years and have been super successful, but I think for a movie you want to keep drawing the character and pushing the character in ways that are uncomfortable."
Finally, director
Anthony Russo (who will return for
Avengers: Infinity War)
revealed his thoughts, and told what he thinks
Captain America: Civil War means for the life of Steve Rogers.
"Bringing it full circle is really important. We’re taking Cap to a place, there’s a level of detail that we have to be careful with, but we’re taking Cap to a place in this movie that he’s never gone before. That for us is taking Cap full circle. How do you take this guy that began where he began and had that great arc that he’s had and still take him to a place he’s never gone before?" He then continued, and told how tackling Captain America's story is much tougher than that of Tony Stark's.
"We always talk about him, he’s such a tough character in a lot of ways because he’s so strong and so centered, he has such strong ethics and morals, how do you upend a character like that? It’s easier to upend a character like Tony Stark in some ways because he’s a little all over the place and balanced and blah blah blah. You can spin him out easier so to speak. So how do you spin Cap out? We found a way to really get at the heart of who Cap is to shake his foundation, push him somewhere I think that’s going to surprise a lot of people." What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!