AVENGERS: ENDGAME Star Frank Grillo Reveals How Many Marvel Studios Movies He's Still Contracted For

Crossbones was killed off in Captain America: Civil War but actor Frank Grillo has now revealed that there's still a chance he could reprise the role somewhere down the line as he remains under contract...

By JoshWilding - Jul 15, 2019 02:07 AM EST

Filed Under: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Fans weren't happy when Marvel Studios decided to kill off Brock Rumlow/Crossbones in the opening few minutes of Captain America: Civil War, especially as it felt like the character had barely got going. Frank Grillo did reprise the role in Avengers: Endgame for a fun cameo appearance, but the actor has now revealed that we could see more of him in the MCU.

Asked about his Marvel Cinematic Universe future during a recent interview, Grillo revealed that he's still under contract for just under half a dozen appearances if Marvel Studios chooses to use him.

"You know what? I got five more movies that I'm obligated to do for Marvel if they ever call me. So who knows, man?" he said before joking: "Maybe I'll be Captain America after Mackie. I'll be a middle-aged Captain America. A middle-aged, Italian, Captain America. Think about that."

It would have actually been a lot of fun seeing Crossbones and the new Captain America come to blows, but the only way he could possibly return now is if he's magically resurrected or factors into some flashbacks. Unfortunately, both of those options seems somewhat unlikely, but stranger things have happened so we may end up being surprised.

What do you guys think? For what it's worth, Grillo appears to have since backed down when it comes to teasing a possible return to the role of Crossbones in the near future...

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28 Comments

MarvelousMarty - 7/15/2019, 2:50 AM

I wish they had kept the option open, good villain.

dracula - 7/15/2019, 3:10 AM

@MarvelousMarty - maybe they will eventually actually introduce the multiverse and bring him back

Superfan1 - 7/15/2019, 8:15 AM

@dracula - They could just as easily say something along the lines of more people were brought back by Bruce & Tony’s “snaps “ then was originally intended.

TheBlueMorpho - 7/15/2019, 2:57 AM

They should have kept him alive and used him if they ever do a Thunderbolts movie. But hey maybe he survived the explosion in Civil War and next time we see him he has robot legs.

dracula - 7/15/2019, 3:11 AM

@TheBlueMorpho - Keep bringing him back, more [frick]ed up with mechanical enhancements, eventually he will look less like crossbone and more like Deathlok

bobbo68 - 7/15/2019, 4:31 AM

I Like Frank Grillo he made a decent villain he's not that bad of an actor.

jj2112 - 7/15/2019, 4:50 AM

Streets of Poison confirmed!

TheBlueMorpho - 7/15/2019, 5:04 AM

@jj2112 -

Would be awesome. Too bad we wouldn't be able see Fisk vs Red Skull and Crossbones vs Bullseye.

jj2112 - 7/16/2019, 8:42 AM

@TheBlueMorpho - And DD vs. Cap... And drugged up Cap eating spaghetti!

TheBlueMorpho - 7/17/2019, 8:39 AM

@jj2112 -

Ah yes forgot about that.

Bokis - 7/15/2019, 4:53 AM

Some of my favorite moments in the MCU are when they bring back old characters. Ross in Civil War, Red Skull in Infinity War, Coulson in Captain Marvel etc, so I really liked that Frank Grillo kept popping up in various movies

TheRealMandarin - 7/15/2019, 6:32 AM

@Fettastix and @Blackballz nah that's keanu reeves all the way.

Chewtoy - 7/15/2019, 6:51 AM

I could certainly see him in either The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Flashbacks to when they were hunting him or in Bucky’s memories) or WandaVision (Wanda haunted by decisions she made... possibly literally.)

xHollywoodx - 7/15/2019, 3:09 PM

I just watched him and Mackie in Point Blank on Netflix. Pretty decent movie. I'd love to see more from him as crossbones.

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