The Biggest Captain America: Brave New World Cameo Raises All Kinds Of Questions – SlashFilm

This text incorporates spoilers for “Captain America: Brave New World.”

Earlier than the endgame of “Captain America: Brave New World” kicks in, Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) is watching over the injured Joaquin “Falcon” Torres (Danny Ramirez) in a non-public hospital room after the worldwide incident between Japan and the U.S. close to Celestial Island. Abruptly, a door opens. With Joaquin harm and Isaiah Bradley (Carl Lumbly) unfairly imprisoned, Sam is decidedly not within the temper for chitchat, however his temper shifts when he realizes who has walked in. As an alternative of the almost definitely culprits like Harrison Ford’s Thaddeus Ross or Shira Haas’ Ruth Bat-Seraph, we see none apart from James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes (Sebastian Stan, who initially thought he’d solely play the function for one film), aka the Winter Soldier. 

The initially ornery duo grew to become fireplace-cast pals through the occasions of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” so it is sensible that they have been protecting tabs on one another. Nonetheless, one thing about Bucky appears unusual this time round. He wears an costly go well with in lieu of his typical avenue garments, with a really politician-coded American flag pin on the lapel. After the pair share some pleasantries and a fast coronary heart-to-coronary heart, we discover out that Mr. James Barnes is certainly now a politician, and aspires to turn out to be a congressman within the upcoming election. 

The concept of one of many Marvel Cinematic Universe’s most constantly tormented superheroes voluntarily including much more difficulties on his plate by moving into politics is a enjoyable one. Nonetheless, the character’s newfound ardour in politics additionally raises a number of questions on his present authorized standing within the universe, in addition to the components of his MCU future we already learn about.   

Bucky Barnes has proved to be a great man many instances over, however his previous is perpetually marred by the truth that he spent many years as a brainwashed Soviet murderer with a fearsome popularity and a hefty kill depend. If the varied challenges his historical past poses (or the truth that he is technically 110 years outdated) will not render him ineligible for election, they need to no less than give his political opponents loads of ammunition in opposition to him. Even discounting the whole lot else and considering his heroics after he got here to his senses, simply the truth that he killed the dad and mom of Earth’s most esteemed savior, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), carries the makings of a profession-ending scandal. 

There’s additionally the not insignificant matter that the following Marvel film, “Thunderbolts,” options Bucky operating round with what quantities to a black ops staff, which is an exercise U.S. congressmen traditionally are likely to keep away from. Mix Bucky’s historical past and his looming “Thunderbolts” future with the truth that Thaddeus Ross’ (Harrison Ford) Crimson Hulk antics seemingly do not precisely do any favors for superpowered of us trying to turn out to be elected, and it definitely begins to appear that the character’s budding political profession is little greater than a one-scene marvel. 

The factor is, there’s additionally some indication that he’ll truly get elected. On the 2024 San Diego Comedian-Con, Sebastian Stan and his “Thunderbolts” co-star Wyatt Russell casually revealed in an interview with ComicBook.com that Bucky will certainly be a congressman within the film. For the aforementioned causes, this raises much more questions than the failure of his political aspirations would — however, for now no less than, plainly this extraordinarily unlikely character is becoming a member of James “Conflict Machine” Rhodes (Don Cheadle) in Washington D.C.’s halls of energy.