CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD Set Photo Reveals First Look At Giancarlo Esposito's Villain - SPOILERS

CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD Set Photo Reveals First Look At Giancarlo Esposito's Villain - SPOILERS

A new photo from the set of Captain America: Brave New World has revealed a first look at Giancarlo Esposito in full costume on the movie's set, but does it finally reveal who the actor is playing?

By JoshWilding - Jun 01, 2024 12:06 PM EST

The Mandalorian star Giancarlo Esposito has finally been spotted on the set of Captain America: Brave New World in full costume. As you'll see in the X post below, his character is packing some serious weaponry!

With three knives on his chest and a large gun (axe?) holstered on his left-hand side, this mystery bad guy looks mighty formidable. Chances are he'll take aim at the MCU's new Captain America, but just who the heck is he?

Truthfully, we don't know!

While set photos like this would typically let the cat out of the bag, nothing here identifies Esposito as a specific Marvel character. The actor has said he'll appear in a TV series after this big screen debut, so his playing an assassin - potentially hired by Mayor Wilson Fisk - in Daredevil: Born Again, for example, makes sense.

He could be a grounded version of the Serpent Society's Cutthroat or another obscure baddie from the comics; then again, Marvel Studios may have created a completely original character for the Breaking Bad star to play.

Much of Captain America: Brave New World was shot in 2023 before the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes halted production. During the downtime, Marvel Studios executives decided The Falcon and The Winter Soldier follow-up needed an overhaul and writer Matthew Orton was enlisted to pen scenes for reshoots. 

Esposito's character was added during those rewrites and has been described as "an antagonistic agent of chaos" and "a serious thorn in Sam Wilson's side." One thing which is now clear is that he's not playing a major character like Doctor Doom or Magneto!

Take a first look at Esposito's Captain America: Brave New World villain in the X post below.

Captain America: Brave New World's cast includes Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, Danny Ramirez, Carl Lumbly, Tim Blake Nelson, Shira Haas, Liv Tyler, Xosha Roquemore, Giancarlo Esposito, and WWE Superstar Seth Rollins.

Julius Onah helms the movie from a screenplay by Malcolm Spellman and Dalan Musson, though the director is believed to have also taken a pass at it. Matthew Orton, meanwhile, has written new scenes for the additional photography which is now taking place in Atlanta, Georgia.

Captain America: Brave New World is set to arrive in theaters on February 14, 2025.

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KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 6/1/2024, 12:19 PM
Hmmmmm...
bobevanz
bobevanz - 6/1/2024, 1:24 PM
@KennKathleen - so iconic! I've been waiting ages to see this character! Lmao
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 6/1/2024, 7:54 PM
@KennKathleen - remember when everyone thought Peter Dinklage was playing Puck?
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 6/2/2024, 7:55 AM
@Ryguy88 - I do.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 6/2/2024, 5:30 PM
@KennKathleen - that's it. That's all I got.
Amaru
Amaru - 6/1/2024, 12:23 PM
I have zero guesses as to who he is playing but he is such a good actor. Looking forward to it.
Vigor
Vigor - 6/1/2024, 12:26 PM
@Amaru - and we should just appreciate what he brings to the role; the story.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves (Mephisto craze comes to mind...) here and just enjoy what we get! Judge after, not pre-emptively.

BTW my comment is not to you Amaru, it's in response to you but directed at those who will be disappointed when this guy doesn't end up being their favorite superhero
jst5
jst5 - 6/1/2024, 12:36 PM
@Amaru - I think he's either playing Storm or Jean Gray.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 6/1/2024, 1:29 PM
@jst5 - Keep it alive!
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Spike101
Spike101 - 6/1/2024, 2:19 PM
@jst5 - or maybe Emma Frost?
jst5
jst5 - 6/1/2024, 2:29 PM
@Spike101 Could be Jubilee ...the jacket and glasses could be a give away.
Spike101
Spike101 - 6/1/2024, 2:37 PM
@jst5 - nice
jst5
jst5 - 6/1/2024, 2:51 PM
@Spike101 - The sad truth is...this should be funny because of how crazy that would be...but there are so many people roaming this rock who are whacked out of their skull these days that something will and has happened.
JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 6/1/2024, 6:28 PM
@Amaru - He isn’t even in costume yet. He just showed up like that.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 6/1/2024, 6:40 PM
@Vigor - 🙄🤔😐...
...you know what? You're right.
CyberBishop
CyberBishop - 6/1/2024, 7:20 PM
@Amaru - Agreed, he is such a good actor.
Spike101
Spike101 - 6/1/2024, 8:04 PM
@jst5 - I couldn’t agree with you more. Common sense has completely departed the world we live in, and been replaced people who just want to campaign for any cause that presents itself regardless of whether it makes any sense or not.
Vigor
Vigor - 6/1/2024, 9:08 PM
@KennKathleen - gracias
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 6/1/2024, 12:23 PM
Blade? he's about the same age as that other guy anyway.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 6/1/2024, 12:36 PM
@Malatrova15 - Either that or Whistler
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 6/1/2024, 12:58 PM
@HashTagSwagg - he doednt know of tho whistle
Mrtoke
Mrtoke - 6/1/2024, 12:24 PM
He’s better at portraying somebody pulling the strings than being combative. I’d buy it even more if he’s doing his dirty work in secret and nobody knowing who he is or what he’s capable of.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 6/1/2024, 12:24 PM
"Esposito's character was added during those rewrites and has been described as "an antagonistic agent of chaos" and "a serious thorn in Sam Wilson's side."

-So, the character was not a part of the original script or shoot and likely is a minor throwaway villain I would assume.

Meh.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 6/1/2024, 1:01 PM
@Feralwookiee - probably there for a minor role in this and a larger role elsewhere, not unlike Fontaine in Black Widow as well as F&WS
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 6/1/2024, 1:06 PM
@Feralwookiee - Hardly throwaway if true this is just an into prior to being a major part of something else, that would be like saying the end credit of Thanos first time around was a minor throwaway villain so maybe wait and see???
bobevanz
bobevanz - 6/1/2024, 1:28 PM
@Slotherin - we see how well that has turned out lol
Slotherin
Slotherin - 6/1/2024, 1:58 PM
@bobevanz - I'm not familiar with the full list of things that were done in reshoots for the MCU if that's what you meant.
If you mean the support roles that go into larger ones, I'll have to think about that.
Nick Fury was just a cameo at the end of Iron Man at first.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 6/1/2024, 2:21 PM
@Slotherin - That and Wanda was just an end credit of Winter Soldier, Hawkeye was blink and you miss it in Thor etc. Sure some small role intro's haven't worked out so well but character added in towards the end doesn't mean much either way till we know where it is heading and what the character is.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 6/1/2024, 12:25 PM
Who tf is he playing? 🤨
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 6/1/2024, 12:30 PM
@FireandBlood - Obama
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 6/1/2024, 12:32 PM
@FireandBlood - Gus.
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 6/1/2024, 12:48 PM
@Malatrova15 - this was funnier than it had to be.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 6/1/2024, 12:50 PM
@FireandBlood - Could be playing Scourge, he hasn't been touched yet, he's a good example of an actual mantle type character as he can be any character. In one of the Captain America books, Demolition man took on the persona at one point. He hunts down the lesser super powered bad guys so they could go with that although it may be too similar to what the MCU has been doing with Zemo.
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JFerguson
JFerguson - 6/1/2024, 12:54 PM
@HashTagSwagg - scourge of the underworld would be so sick.

Although I am more partial to his original character design. I also like the Nomad version of him

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Slotherin
Slotherin - 6/1/2024, 1:05 PM
@JFerguson
@HashTagSwagg - this got me thinking... Lance Henriksen live action reprising Grim Reaper
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 6/1/2024, 1:15 PM
@Slotherin - he'd B cool
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/1/2024, 4:47 PM
@HashTagSwagg -

Justice Is Served

Only comic book fans will get this quote.

Hopefully he kills off all the characters in this movie.
Mrtoke
Mrtoke - 6/1/2024, 5:47 PM
@FireandBlood - Sam Wilson's Dad
Malatrova15
Malatrova15 - 6/1/2024, 12:27 PM
HE KANG. !!!! SNYDER YPU ABSOLUTE MADMAN !!!! WE SO BSCK
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