In the Marvel universe, The Red Guardian was a super soldier, the Soviet Union’s answer to Captain America. Now that Marvel Cinematic Universe fans have introduced Harbour’s Alexei, fans can’t seem to get enough.
In fact, during a Black Widow watch party on Twitter last night, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige teased a possible spinoff featuring Marve’s new Captain America (Anthony Mackie) and The Red Guardian.
First, FilmFan asked “Will we ever see the return of Red Guardian? #BlackWidowWatchParty”, to which Feige responded:
I certainly want too [sic: to] – KF #BlackWidowWatchParty
Then, things really got interesting when a social media user named Harper asked, “Are we ever going to see a showdown between Sam Wilson’s Captain America and Alexei’s Red Guardian? #BlackWidowWatchParty”.
Feige tagged both Anthony Mackie and David Harbour and answered, cryptically (as always):
I’d like to see that.. how about you guys? @AnthonyMackie @DavidKHarbour -KF #BlackWidowWatchParty
Now that the Marvel Multiverse has officially arrived in Loki, anything is possible in the future. Plus, we already know that Mackie is seemingly set to reprise his role as Captain America in Captain America 4 — and Harbour has indicated he would love to return as Alexei, even telling Variety:
“I would love for there to be more Red Guardian, and I would love for you guys to love for there to be more Red Guardian because that always helps the cause. I love the character, there’s so many things you could do with him. There’s this gap of 25 years where we don’t know who was he, what is his version of events as opposed to the actual version of events?”
In Marvel Studios’ action-packed spy thriller “Black Widow,” Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises. Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down [Taskmaster and Dreykov (Ray Winstone)], Natasha must deal with her history as a spy and the broken relationships left in her wake long before she became an Avenger.
Scarlett Johansson reprises her role as Natasha/Black Widow, Florence Pugh stars as Yelena [Yelena Belova], David Harbour portrays Alexei/The Red Guardian, and Rachel Weisz is Melina. “Black Widow” — the first film in Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe — is directed by Cate Shortland and produced by Kevin Feige.
Following the events of “Avengers: Endgame,” Sam Wilson/Falcon (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) team up in a global adventure that tests their abilities—and their patience—in Marvel Studios’ “The Falcon and The Winter Soldier.” The all-new series is directed by Kari Skogland; Malcolm Spellman is the head writer.
Secondary characters in the Marvel series include Daniel Bruhl as villain Baron Helmut Zemo and Emily VanCamp portraying Sharon Carter.
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