Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterLike so many actors before him, when Wyatt Russell first auditioned for the Disney Plus series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” he had no idea what character he was trying out to play.
It was only after he landed the gig that Marvel Studios told him he’d booked the role of John Walker, who takes on the mantel of Captain America after Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) turns it down.
Initially, Russell didn’t want it either.“My first reaction was like, ‘Ewwohhh, I don’t know if I’m your guy to do that,'” Russell said over Zoom. “I kind of had some doubts.”Eventually, Russell came around, in part, as he explained to Variety, because Marvel made clear they didn’t want him to play Steve Rogers 2.0.
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