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Co-director Joe Russo Talks Captain America’s Costume Change


One of the hardest things to achieve in a superhero movie is the wardrobe as it can easily and quickly become a Halloween costume.

Speaking to SFX, co-director Joe Russo explained the reason for the change of Cap’s costume alteration.

"It was about a real world grounding approach to the character, in the spirit of Ed Brubaker's book, which is postmodern and deconstructionist and a grounded thriller. We wanted to put Cap in a space where he's a special forces operative for SHIELD who goes on missions around the world that are clandestine and sometimes require a certain level of anonymity or stealth. We wanted to use his Super Soldier outfit from the comic books as a way to represent, thematically, his place in the world of SHIELD and the difference between working for SHIELD and being Captain America. That's something that gets explored on a very concrete level in terms of what outfits are used in the film. We didn't feel like we were messing with the icon. People can say that they’re fans of the books if they're only loyal to the '60s and '70s version of the character – well, then you're a fan of that version of the character, but if you've been reading the books till the current runs then this is a journey that the character goes on and it’s a pretty explicit journey. We just felt like we were being faithful to the more recent issues of the books. The movie has a very thematic component in terms of the use of costumes. When you come to see the film I think you'll understand why we made the choice we made…"


Captain America: The Winter Soldier stars Chris Evans (Captain America), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill), Maximiliano Hernández (Agent Jasper Sitwell) Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier), Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson/The Falcon), Toby Jones (Arnim Zola), Frank Grillo (Brock Rumlow/Crossbones), George St. Pierre (Batroc the Leaper), Emily VanCamp (Sharon Carter/Agent 13) and Robert Redford as Alexander Pierce the head of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier is schedule to open on April 4th, 2014.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Official Synopsis:
After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” finds Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.

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