The director and lead writer pull back the masks of the show’s new vigilantes.
Warning: Spoilers fromThe Falcon and the Winter Soldierepisode 1 are discussed in this article.
“The comics are a great source, but our stories are unique,” directorKari Skoglandprefaces.
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We’re not duplicating a story and we’re not duplicating a character.
In the comics, Karl’s father used to be a wealthy Swiss banker before he was a diplomat.
It was his dad’s wealth that funded his terrorist dealings.
Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.Chuck Zlotnick/Marvel Studios
“All the villains in this series believe they are heroes,” Spellman explains.
That also includes the one from actorDaniel Bruhl, who’s returning as Helmut Zemo later on this season.
Thanos has been dispatched and half the population has disappeared and come back.
That’s created a global crisis, just like the global crisis today.
Maybe they’re not wrong.'
On the Flag-Smashers' tail is Joaquin Torres, played by actor Danny Ramirez.
“Sam, of course, is grappling with how to deal with the shield.
Does he pick it up?
What does that look like for a Black man?
Does he want it?
Is the shield good or bad?”
We’re gonna go on [a journey of] what that is.
Alongside that, no villain is all bad and no hero is all good.
Nothing is black and white."
Complicating that is the reveal at the end of the first episode.
That would be John Walker (Wyatt Russell).
“Black soldiers have dealt with so many betrayals even returning home from fighting for this country.
So, John Walker is in for some rough times up ahead as a human being.”
New episodes ofThe Falcon and the Winter Soldierstream Fridays on Disney+.
