Saturday, November 30, 2013

Captain America 2: Frank Grillo Talks "Crossbones"

Actor Frank Grillo ("The Grey," "Warrior") plays Brock Rumlow aka the villain Crossbones in the sequel  "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" ...Grillo was asked if there are plans for the transformation to happen to his character in Cap 2 or down the line in further sequels...He tells Crave Online:

"They do, actually. We'll see what happens. We'll see if the fans respond to Brock and how it goes."

Asked to explain further, Grillo would only add: "I can’t say any of that because they will fire me... Marvel's very strict about what you’re allowed to say."

Grillo did say the movie sequel is "an origin film" in which we'll: "meet people who are going to be around for a while, so they introduce the characters."


The story follows the acclaimed comic storyline The Winter Soldier by author Ed Brubaker, who along with artist Steve Epting, in which Captain America's (Chris Evans) sidekick Bucky (Sebastian Stan) is resurrected as a brainwashed super-assassin known as the Winter Solider. The tale also follows that Peggy's (played by Hayley Atwell in Captain America: The First Avenger) niece Sharon (Revenge star Emily VanCamp) meets Cap.

Anthony Mackie is poised to play Harlem crime fighter FalconCobie Smulders will reprise her role of Maria Hill. She joins her boss in The Avengers co-star Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson. for the film. Frank Grillo ("The Grey," "Warrior") will play the villain Crossbones in the sequel. Toby Jones, has confirmed to Hey U Guys that he will reprise the role of the villain Armin Zola. Maximiliano Hernández said via Twitter that he will reprise his "Avengers" role of Agent Jasper Sitwell in the sequel. Robert Redford (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) has entered talks for a senior leadership role in S.H.I.E.L.D. UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre will play villain Batroc the Leaper, an infamous mercenary in the Cap mythology.

Joe Russo and Anthony Russo are directing the sequel, using a script by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely.

The sequel will hit theaters April 4, 2014.

Grillo was also asked about the possibility of his character showing up on "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." TV series: "At this point in my career, it's something that I'm not really interested in doing," he said about an appearance on the television series. "Not that I don't want to do it, but it doesn't get me going anymore to do something like that."

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