Tim Blake Nelson needed to wait the longest time for a second chew of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, however his return as Samuel Sterns/The Chief in Captain America: Courageous New World lastly allowed him to proceed his character’s journey after greater than a decade. The query now could be whether or not there’s extra room for Sterns to play a task within the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday or Avengers: Secret Wars. Whereas chatting with MovieWeb’s Julian Roman, the actor shared his large feeling of affection and respect for the world Kevin Feige has created and his willingness to return if he can.
“I would definitely be open to it. I really like the MCU, and I really like working for them. I am a giant admirer of Kevin Feige and his complete group. I cherished working for Julius Onah, in addition to Louis Leterrier, who directed the unique Hulk. So I might say that is as much as them. I might be desperate to do it. You possibly can’t argue with the alternatives they’ve made. And if they do not see a future for The Chief, then I’ll watch all the films as a cheerleader, and if they need me again on the sphere, I am there.”
Some followers believed that Nelson’s Samuel Sterns was accomplished soiled by the MCU, particularly when the tease of his transformation into The Chief in The Unimaginable Hulk in 2008 appeared to have been forgotten. Whereas there have been clearly loads of tough rights points surrounding Louis Leterrier’s film, which was financed by Paramount Footage earlier than Marvel Studios grew to become the large success it now could be, many believed that the time for characters like Sterns and Liv Tyler’s Betty Ross had sadly handed. Then, Captain America: Courageous New World did the unimaginable and ended up being an sudden Unimaginable Hulk reunion.
What Is Subsequent for The Chief within the MCU?
Marvel Studios hardly ever leaves unfastened ends hanging eternally, even when it takes some teases a bit longer than others to repay. Though some followers nonetheless felt that Samuel Sterns was wasted in Captain America: Courageous New World, seeing the character again on display screen was enjoyable for individuals who have caught with the MCU since its inception, and for Nelson himself.
The character underwent a number of modifications through the manufacturing of Anthony Mackie’s first Captain America film, from an initially comic-accurate design to one thing a bit extra grounded and grotesque, which grew to become one other bugbear for audiences. Regardless of that, Sterns is now again in play within the Marvel Universe, captive in The Raft together with Harrison Ford’s Thaddeus Ross/Crimson Hulk and several other different former villains of the franchise.
Within the publish credit scene of Courageous New World, Sterns warns Sam Wilson of the multiverse and the risk coming to his world. As Wilson has not been concerned in any multiverse storylines, this was information to the character, despite the fact that it was nothing new to viewers. Nevertheless, it does counsel that Sterns may very well be again once more someday earlier than the MCU as we all know it modifications eternally.