Whereas Marvel’s had no hassle incorporating unresolved materials from earlier motion pictures into its current fare, the studio took its candy time bringing again threads from 2008’s The Unbelievable Hulk. Abomination confirmed up in She-Hulk after a quick punch of a cameo in Shang-Chi, and subsequent yr’s Captain America: Courageous New World is ready to go even additional by bringing again a number of characters: Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford), his daughter Betty (Liv Tyler), and Tim Blake Nelson’s Samuel Sterns, aka the Chief.
Just lately, Nelson appeared on Michael Rosenbaum’s Inside of You podcast, the place he dished a little bit on returning to this character. Curiously, he revealed the Chief will probably be carried out “as virtually as potential with an absence of digital stuff.” The Hulk villain’s obtained a fairly large head as a aspect impact of being bombared with the gamma radiation that granted his tremendous intelligence. Usually, that enormous skull would in all probability be one thing carried out with CG, however given the previous couple of MCU motion pictures have been dinged for dodgy CG—to the purpose that its in-house VFX team unionized simply final yr—it appears Marvel’s determined to let that massive ol’ head be a sensible impact. The truth is, Kevin Feige and fellow producer Nate Moore have been each “on board 100%” to do the character as sensible as they may.
Listening to the Chief gained’t be a visible eyesore is sweet to listen to, and reaffirms how this film is enjoying issues extra reserved than the extra fantastical MCU flicks. Earlier this month, director Julius Onah confused that Courageous New World can be pretty grounded and push Sam Wilson to his limits. Nelson equally overrated the movie as “very a lot reality-based,” and heaped reward onto Marvel and Onah for getting as actual as potential. For him, that strategy with the Chief was one thing he was “actually gratified to do,” and one he thinks will profit the general movie. “It’s splendidly directed by Julius,” he stated. “I’m very completely satisfied about [this movie].”
Captain America: Courageous New World releases on February 14, 2025.
[through IGN]
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