Tim Blake Nelson Teases a Sensible, Actual Chief in Captain America 4

Whereas Marvel’s had no bother incorporating unresolved materials from earlier motion pictures into its latest fare, the studio took its candy time bringing again threads from 2008’s The Unimaginable 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.

Lately, Nelson appeared on Michael Rosenbaum’s Inside of You podcast, the place he dished a little bit on returning to this character. Apparently, he revealed the Chief might be completed “as virtually as doable with an absence of digital stuff.” The Hulk villain’s bought a reasonably large head as a facet impact of being bombared with the gamma radiation that granted his tremendous intelligence. Usually, that big skull would most likely be one thing completed with CG, however given the previous few 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 huge ol’ head be a sensible impact. Actually, Kevin Feige and fellow producer Nate Moore had 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 nice to listen to, and reaffirms how this film is taking part in issues extra reserved than the extra fantastical MCU flicks. Earlier this month, director Julius Onah harassed that Courageous New World can be pretty grounded and push Sam Wilson to his limits. Nelson equally overestimated the movie as “very a lot reality-based,” and heaped reward onto Marvel and Onah for getting as actual as doable. 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 mentioned. “I’m very joyful about [this movie].”

Captain America: Courageous New World releases on February 14, 2025.

[by way of IGN]

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