Frank Grillo Confirmed To Play Crossbones In Captain America: The Winter Soldier
t was one week ago that character actor Frank Grillo flew out to Los Angeles to test for the villain role in the highly anticipated sequel Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and now it's being reported that his little trip wasn't for naught.
Mirroring the way that Grillo announced his own involvement with Marvel Studios last Monday, Variety writer Marc Graser has confirmed on his Twitter account that the End of Watch actor has been selected to play the antagonist known as Crossbones in the Captain America sequel. He joins a cast that is already set to include Chris Evans, who will return as the patriotic hero, Sebastian Stan, who will play the resurrected Bucky Barnes, and Anthony Mackie, who will be playing Cap's new sidekick The Falcon. The project is being directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, best known as directors and producers on the NBC series Community, and filming is scheduled to begin in the first half of next year in anticipation of an April 4, 2014 release date.
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Mirroring the way that Grillo announced his own involvement with Marvel Studios last Monday, Variety writer Marc Graser has confirmed on his Twitter account that the End of Watch actor has been selected to play the antagonist known as Crossbones in the Captain America sequel. He joins a cast that is already set to include Chris Evans, who will return as the patriotic hero, Sebastian Stan, who will play the resurrected Bucky Barnes, and Anthony Mackie, who will be playing Cap's new sidekick The Falcon. The project is being directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, best known as directors and producers on the NBC series Community, and filming is scheduled to begin in the first half of next year in anticipation of an April 4, 2014 release date.
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