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Giancarlo Esposito teases his MCU character

Originally posted on Murphy's Multiverse
By Charles Murphy | Last updated Jun 25, 2024 9:37 AM ET

After years of being fancast in multiple MCU roles, Giancarlo Esposito finally joined the cinema’s largest interconnected universe. It’s been just under a month since it was revealed that Espositio‘s character was set to debut in Captain America: Brave New World when it hits theaters in early 2025 and as reshoots on that project have wound down or moved out of the public eye, the buzz around the debut has died down a bit. However, at the premiere of his next film, MaXXXine, Esposito was asked about the role and teased that he’s set to be a real bada--.

“When you see me in the MCU, you’re going to see a bada-- and I’m excited for that,” Esposito told Deadline. “Acting is using every part of your body, your emotions, your senses, your feelings to portray something. But when you…you haven’t really seen me use my body in a way I’ll be using it. The MCU is exciting. I can’t tell you who I play but you’re gonna be excited when you see it,” he teased.

The MCU has knocked on my door and it’s a role you won’t predict. It will be teased and there will be a series afterwards.
-Giancarlo Esposito on his mystery MCU character

While Esposito has done plenty of teasing of his character over the past couple of months, the identity of the agent of chaos has yet to be revealed. A set photo released online in early June showed the character will be heavily armed and led to wild theorizing and speculation by fans who believe he’s playing every Marvel character from Bushman to Willis Stryker to Shatterstar. To date, I’ve not seen an accurate guess of Esposito‘s character.

Giancarlo Esposito joins the 'Captain America: Brave New World' cast , photo Christopher Oquendo
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