
And for a long time that was key - the hustle,” he said. It is a far cry from the actor who, on graduating from a theater program at New Jersey’s Rutgers University, just wanted to stay busy. In a few days he will appear on a morning show (“GMA”) for the first time and is about to embark on the type of circuit of late-night hosts (Stephen Colbert, James Corden) usually reserved for Super Bowl MVPs Stan recently moved to the neighborhood, and he’s taking a breather from the kind of media siege that wasn’t exactly standard for past roles on the likes of “Gossip Girl,” “Once Upon a Time” and several New York theater projects. military man - and childhood friend of Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) - later brainwashed into working for the Soviets as a kind of human instrument of torture, before (possibly) remembering his roots and seeking redemption. run Thursday night after a massive opening overseas, has Stan revisiting his role as James “Bucky” Barnes, a.k.a “The Winter Solider.” As viewers of the erstwhile film named for him know (and the first “Captain America” before that), Barnes was a respected U.S. Stan is decidedly a man caught between two worlds in Anthony and Joe Russo’s “Captain America: Civil War.” The new and well-reviewed superhero movie, which begins its U.S. And when you’re older you realize that what it really did was make you OK with feeling different.” When you’re young you just want to fit in. You’re inhabiting different worlds, speaking different languages,” Stan said in an interview recently. But it may have given him a certain psychological edge in understanding characters who slip from one guise to another. Now 33, Stan doesn’t think all that dislocation was always healthy.

At the age of 8, he moved from his native Romania to Vienna, and then, four years later, to New York. The same can be said of Wanda, who was being used as a tool against the Avengers and is now joining them to utilize her power in a positive way.As a child, Sebastian Stan occupied more countries than most people do houses.


Then we get to Bucky, who is an antagonist in Winter Soldier (against his will, but still), but very much on the side of the film protagonist this time around. He’s just really damn upset over his entire family being killed. He’s absolutely an antagonist, but he’s not a maniacal mustache-twirling villain. Even Helmut Zemo, who is basically responsible for turning the Avengers against each other, is motivated by his loss. Tony has similar motivation and even though I’m #TeamCap, I still feel for Tony. He can be seen as a villain at first to some because he’s siding against the protagonist of the film, but he’s being driven by the desire to avenge his father’s death. Black Panther is one of the biggest examples of this, and his character arc in the film highlights this theme in a really blatant way. One of the strongest themes in Captain America: Civil War was how blurred the line between hero and villain is sometimes. The undeniable chemistry and angst between Vision and Wanda was also a highlight and I can tell that’s going to be a relationship I enjoy seeing develop in future films. I love these two characters for who they are as individuals, but being the solitary POC in the core cast of a film can feel a bit awkward. When they are separate it can feel like having a token POC character to prop up the white male lead at times, but having them there together made it feel much more organic and less like an effort to up the diversity quotient of the superheroes. Seeing Sam and Rhodey play off each other was also quite enjoyable and also helped with the diversity of the cast.

While I haven’t been the biggest fan of Ant-Man, his unique brand of humor actually did mesh with the other characters nicely. While many people felt the film was too packed, I actually enjoyed all the new character dynamics and interactions that we got to see (Spider-man notwithstanding).
