CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD Star Giancarlo Esposito Reveals Surprising New Detail About Sidewinder

CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD Star Giancarlo Esposito Reveals Surprising New Detail About Sidewinder

Captain America: Brave New World star Giancarlo Esposito has dropped a new hint about his MCU role during a recent convention appearance, suggesting Sidewinder will be a little different from the comics.

By JoshWilding - Aug 19, 2024 05:08 AM EST

The Mandalorian star Giancarlo Esposito was added to the cast of Captain America: Brave New World during reshoots. Following speculation that he'd been cast as G.W. Bridge, the actor was finally confirmed as Seth Voelker/Sidewinder at last month's San Diego Comic-Con.

The character is best known for leading the Serpent Society, a group of technologically and genetically enhanced villains who may or may not have been cut from The Falcon and The Winter Soldier follow-up. 

In the trailer for Captain America: Brave New World, Sidewinder looks more like a paid assassin or mercenary than anything else; however, Esposito shared some intriguing new details while appearing at Fan Expo Chicago this weekend. 

He described Sidewinder as "a scientist [and] a great mind," teasing, "You will see me do things that you've never seen me do before."

In the comics, Voelker is portrayed as a criminally minded businessman rather than a genius scientist capable of creating his own team of formidable snake-themed supervillains. We're used to changes like this being made during the transition from page to screen and we'd bet on this Sidewinder having some bold ideas for Adamantium. 

As for what this means for Esposito's next MCU appearance (in a Disney+ TV series), we'd say this makes him a likely candidate for Ironheart, a series which will put technology front and centre. Once again, though, the actor would need to be added to that show during reshoots. 

Seth Voelker was introduced in 1980's Marvel Two-in-One #64, he was created by Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio, and George Pérez.

The villain was hired by the Roxxon Oil Company to retrieve the Serpent Crown, an ancient magical artefact which offers its wearer a long list of superpowers. As Sidewinder, Voelker succeeded in his mission and later established his own supervillain group, the Serpent Society.

That was initially a success, though the villain was ultimately betrayed by Viper. However, Diamondback helped him and he continued doing his thing until retiring. Believe it or not, Voelker has since become a television pundit who shares his thoughts on posthuman beings, including the Thunderbolts.

After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, played by Harrison Ford in his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.

Captain America: Brave New World stars Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Xosha Roquemore, Carl Lumbly, with Giancarlo Esposito, Liv Tyler, Tim Blake Nelson, and Harrison Ford.

The movie is directed by Julius Onah and produced by Kevin Feige and Nate Moore. Louis D’Esposito and Charles Newirth serve as executive producers.

Captain America: Brave New World opens in U.S. theaters on February 14, 2025.

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IAmAHoot
IAmAHoot - 8/19/2024, 6:01 AM
Can only hope he’s substantial enough to make an impact.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/19/2024, 6:08 AM
@IAmAHoot - yeah , I don’t see him being in the movie much since he was added in reshoots but hopefully it’s impactful

I’m glad that he’s already confirmed for another appearance and hopefully becomes a recurring antagonist
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/19/2024, 6:07 AM
Seth Voelker/Sidewinder was an economics professor in the comics before becoming a super villain while in the Ultimate universe he was part of a gang called “The Serpent Skulls” that would run drugs.

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Him and the Serpent Society were more or less mercenaries since they would be hired by various entities such as Roxxon to do jobs for them so it seems like they might be borrowing elements of his 616 backstory with the more grounded Ultimate look as they have done before (or it could just be a new spin altogether with him supposedly being a scientist in this).

Anyway it’s great to see Esposito be so enthused to play the role since I think he had acknowledged that he was getting a bit tired of playing the baddie..

This character being more or just as physical then mental was likely an enticing factor for him since he hasn’t gotten the chance to do that (aside from Moff Gideon a bit) in these types of roles.

Looking forward to seeing him in Brave New World & beyond!!.
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 8/19/2024, 6:20 AM
The talk of his character continuing in a show has me intrigued. Could he be part of weapon x development? The adamantium , the power broker, the leader/ gamma monsters, government storyline..... they point in a direction
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 8/19/2024, 6:57 AM
visually iconic casting right there, Gus was born to play that role.
deamon
deamon - 8/19/2024, 7:15 AM
C-list villain.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 8/19/2024, 11:18 AM
@deamon - D-list
Scarilian
Scarilian - 8/19/2024, 8:14 AM
This is so dumb. They brought him in for re-shoots because they knew that nobody was invested in this story and he was temporarily popular from The Boys and Breaking Bad - popularity birthed from him not showing his emotions.
dragon316
dragon316 - 8/19/2024, 8:20 AM
@Scarilian - not sure what story there is with comic book movie good vs bad diffenrt characters all time this time president slowly turns evil captain America fights red hulk and other enemy
dragon316
dragon316 - 8/19/2024, 8:22 AM
It’s good thing they go with his comic accuat w look form books if they did he be laughing thing in movie how he looks imagine see that costume in movie I’m villain fear me😂😂😂 in comics may work but movies no chance who be afraid of you dressed like that
bobevanz
bobevanz - 8/19/2024, 8:48 AM
I can't believe they cast him for a nobody
DocSpock
DocSpock - 8/19/2024, 9:48 AM
@bobevanz -

He would have been a great Mephisto, but it looks like we're getting that a$$hat borat guy for that role.
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 8/19/2024, 9:09 AM
I was hoping for s SURPRISING REVEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAALLLLLLLL this morning!!!

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