The Golden Globe-nominee says there’s a longer cut of Zemo’s fist-pumping dance moment.
Warning: Spoilers forThe Falcon and the Winter Soldierseason 1, episode 3 are discussed in this article.
Bruhl laughs at the responses he received from that moment.
Daniel Bruhl as Baron Zemo in ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.'.Chuck Zlotnick/Marvel Studios
“It was a long dance,” he tells EW of this improvised bit.
“There’s more to it, but they cut this little moment [for the show].”
It certainly shows a different side of theCaptain America: Civil Warvillain than we’re used to.
Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes and Florence Kasumba’s Ayo in ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.'.Julie Vrabelová/©Marvel Studios 2021
“After reading the scripts, I thought, ‘Oh!
This is a whole new game.’
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: This feels like a very different kind of Helmut Zemo than we’re used to seeing.
You’re cracking jokes.
You’re fist-bumping in the club.
So, I was very thrilled to hear that.
But even more so, after reading the scripts, I thought, “Oh!
This is a whole new game.”
“What about Zemo’s aristocratic background?”
“Why is he called Baron?”
And the sense of humor.
Have you seen any of these memes of you just fist-bumping on the show?It’s so hysterical.
[That moment] was improvised when I saw the crowd dancing, going loco.
So, he needs to let off some steam and show his moves.
Let’s go for it!
I enjoyed so much the reaction of Anthony and Sebastian looking at me.
Still, I was 100 percent sure that they would cut it out [of the show].
I was really surprised and happy that they kept it.
It was a long dance.
There’s more to it, but they cut this little moment.
Highly embarrassing for my friends.
Zemo seems to transform into a different person when he’s wearing the purple mask.
He becomes more aggressive, more exacting.
Did wearing that mask affect your approach to the character?Yeah.
That’s the great thing about costume design.
You feel different when you wear this mask.
That whole outfit helped me a lot to recreate and reinvent Zemo.
Zemo shooting Dr. Nagel hints that there’s a bigger game he’s playing here.
I would never do that.
Like Zemo, I just enjoy being opaque and secretive.
So, I wouldn’t answer that question.
There will be interesting twists and turns and surprises, I can assure you.
Keeping up that cinematic level until the very end really impressed me because it’s like six movies.
These action segments, when you look at them, don’t look much different than in the movies.
To create this is mind-boggling.
I sincerely don’t know how they do that.
But as in the story, I would prefer not to say anything.
I’m the master of spoilers.
At the end of episode 3, we see Dora MilajememberAyo from Wakanda come into the picture.
She’s after Zemo.
Does that add a new layer of stakes to the back half of this season?Oh yeah.
These are very intimidating warriors who are after me.
He should better watch out.
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