WWE’s Seth Rollins Opens Up on Captain America 4 Reshoots

If you were going within the next month Captain America: Brave New World Hoping to duke Anthony Mackie with Seth Rollins, the WWE wrestler says you should leave your expectations on your ticket-buying app.

In a recent interview, Dr Chris Van VlietRollins said he would not appear in the film. back 2023He was shown on set, leading fans to speculate that he was playing a member of the Serpent Society. Marvel never officially confirmed his casting, and Rollins was vague about who he was. Uncertain about his NDA, he can only say brave new world The script “went through a lot of rewrites and reshoots. […] Basically my role was either reworked or completely deleted.” He auditioned to pop into another role, or potentially “reprise” his original part, but neither option panned out.

“I will say unequivocally that I am not in the film,” he continued. Rollins actually was very insisted on letting his fans down, and told Van Villette that he didn’t want fans to think he was pulling a Andrew Garfield. “I don’t want these people to waste their time, and I don’t want to mislead anyone. […] “They ended up going in a different direction with it. Marvel knows they got a finished product that hopefully they’re happy with and hopefully it’s successful. but [Brave New World] Seth Rollins will be without. Marvel does a great job, this should be a good one.”

Nixing Rollins aside, brave new world The problematic production has been fairly well known. Its release date has passed Shuffle around A few times, and his production was pause Once the Hollywood strike began. After they were completed, the film underwent multiple reshoots and rewrites due to negative test screenings. primary Report claimed three “key sequences” were cut in the reboot, but Anthony Mackie described them as simply “A few more scenes“

This isn’t the first Marvel movie to be known for its reboot, but its unfortunate (and surrounding cultural background sabraone of its main supporting characters) hangs around the movie for longer than usual. We will see how Captain America: Brave New World Finally rent when it hits theaters on Valentine’s Day.

[via IGN]

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