Marvel’s Thunderbolts Movie Is Making An Avengers Hero A Congressman In The MCU – SlashFilm

One of many MCU’s longest-tenured heroes is becoming a member of the American legislature, and his identify is Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan). The reveal initially got here out of a ComicBook.com interview with Stan and “Thunderbolts*” co-star Wyatt Russell, the place Russell teased Bucky’s new occupation within the upcoming Marvel movie. The “Thunderbolts*” trailers have confirmed this by displaying Bucky at a congressional listening to with a congressional pin on his go well with.

That is, fairly frankly, hilarious. Not solely is Bucky a 100-12 months-outdated cyborg, he is actually the person who assassinated John F. Kennedy in the primary MCU timeline. Whereas we as viewers perceive that the quite a few assassinations and different crimes he dedicated as an agent for Hydra weren’t his fault, it is exhausting to see the American individuals feeling that means in a basic election. Heck, Bucky dedicated worldwide acts of terror as just lately as “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.”

However, he is now presumably an elected consultant of the American individuals. The MCU is on an American political kick between “Thunderbolts*” and “Captain America: Courageous New World,” albeit one that does not appear fascinated with partaking with the precise themes and realities of latest American politics. It is all a sort of cartoonish, “Schoolhouse Rock”-type of civic fiction, however with much less instructional worth and the Winter Soldier as a substitute of the Invoice the Sentient Invoice.

How did Bucky get his swanky new gig in Washington? Properly, if he adopted the same old protocol, he both ran for workplace and was voted in, or grew to become a billionaire and helped himself to a bunch of federal energy associated to his personal personal enterprise ventures. The latter appears unlikely on condition that he is nonetheless cleansing his cybernetic arm within the dishwasher (as seen within the trailer footage), which leaves the extra boring and conventional route.

However the election route raises extra questions. Bucky has been reclusive ever since regaining his recollections. Folks change, certain, however working for public workplace requires a sure persona sort that the Winter Soldier distinctly lacks. Plus, as talked about earlier than, his earlier profession in political assassination would have absolutely raised some eyebrows amongst these within the know.

There’s additionally the matter of Bucky ostensibly main the Thunderbolts superhero workforce, Rick Flagg-type. Is he moonlighting as a discipline commander in between appearances on the funds committee? Both there’s quite a bit we do not but find out about Bucky’s new job on Capitol Hill (which is probably going), or Marvel Studios did not actually suppose this one by (additionally potential). I suppose we’ll all discover out when “Thunderbolts” releases on Could 2, and extra clues could possibly be coming in “Captain America: Courageous New World” this week.