Episode #79 – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Author Bobby Nash joins the podcast to discuss what many consider to be the crown jewel of the MCU—Captain America: The Winter Soldier. As to be expected with two writers, we dive deep into the characterization aspects of this film and the heavy themes it deals with that are even more relevant today than when this movie came out.
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Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo
Written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
Based on characters and comics by Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Ed Brubaker, and Steve Epting
Cast
Chris Evans – Captain America / Steve Rogers
Scarlett Johansson – Black Widow / Natasha Romanoff
Sebastian Stan – Winter Soldier / James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes
Anthony Mackie – The Falcon / Sam Wilson
Samuel L. Jackson – Nick Fury
Robert Redford – Alexander Pierce
Cobie Smulders – Maria Hill
Frank Grillo – Brock Rumlow
Emily VanCamp – Sharon Carter
Hayley Atwell – Peggy Carter
Toby Jones – Arnim Zola
Maximiliano Hernández – Jasper Sitwell
Georges St-Pierre – Batroc the Leaper / Georges Batroc
Stan Lee – Smithsonian Guard
Thomas Kretschmann – Baron Wolfgang von Strucker
Aaron Taylor-Johnson – Quicksilver / Pietro Maximoff
Elizabeth Olsen – Scarlet Witch / Wanda Maximoff
That was fun. Thanks for inviting me to talk about one of my favorite movies.