Captain America: Brave New World
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The change in the Leader ’s head design inCaptain America : Brave New Worldactually has an in - universe explanation thanks toMarvelComics and an off - manus comment in the movie . The MCU timelinehas always taken creative liberties with character designs , often reinterpret risible book visuals to conform to its live - action esthetic . However , Captain America : Brave New Worldis make up wave for importantly redesign The Leader ( Samuel Sterns ) , a scoundrel long teased sinceThe Incredible Hulk(2008 ) . The fiber await very different from what was tease at the time , which can be explained with institute traditional knowledge .
InThe Incredible Hulk , Samuel Sterns ( toy by Tim Blake Nelson ) was a scientist obsessed with the potential of gamma variation . During the film ’s climax , Sterns was exposed to Bruce Banner ’s irradiated blood , causing his cranium to amplify and his intelligence to soar upwards . This abbreviated mo seemed to bait his translation into The Leader , one of the Hulk ’s most formidable adversaries in the comics . However , the graphic symbol was left in limbo for over a tenner , with no official verification of his fate – untilCaptain America : Brave New World .
The Leader In Captain America: Brave New World Looks Different Than Expected
The Leader’s Transformation Was Teased In The Incredible Hulk
The original scene inThe Incredible Hulkhinted at The Leader ’s emergence , read Sterns ' promontory begin to mutate . At the time , this visualwas reminiscent of his classic Silver Age comic Quran appearance , in which The Leader ’s skull was elongated but not overtly grotesque . The Incredible Hulkreflected this , with Sterns ’ skull develop larger , but not becoming as monstrous as seen inBrave New World .
early on leaked artwork and promotional fabric forCaptain America : Brave New Worldsuggested that this pattern was initially retain , with stern boast an expanded , tall , and politic brain . In fact , someearlyBrave New Worldmerchandise was released using these designs . However , following the picture ’s reshoots , the Leader was expose with a drastically different take .
Like most Marvel movies , Captain America : Brave New Worldwas field of study to reshoots , the extent of which has been debated . While details are unclear , Tim Blake Nelson hashinted that all of his vista were redo , advise that theLeader ’s intention was changed . This change may have moved the villain aside from his comic book blood line , and nearer to a subsequent redesign .
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The Leader’s Design In Captain America: Brave New World Recalls His 1980s Comic Redesign
The Leader Looks Terrifying In Captain America: Brave New World
In the comic strip , The Leader first appear inTales to Astonish#62 ( 1964 ) with a tall , stretch head , typify his da Gamma - enhanced reason . However , in the 1980s , his designunderwent a major transformationwhen he experimented with siphon gamma radiation from Rick Jones , pass to a grotesque , self-conceited , and veined cranium . This redesign made him look even more exotic and sinister , reinforcing his condition as one of the Hulk ’s most dangerous opposition .
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This excogitation featured a more exaggerated , bulbous cranium with seeable deformity . His head appears ridged , like a giant brain , with other glob and bumps adulterate down his head and cervix – all unadulterated with a sickly green complexion . This is the innovation used forCaptain America : Brave New World . Interestingly , this risible playscript context of use , combined with someBrave New Worlddetails , could explain the change in Sterns ’ MCU design .
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How The MCU’s Leader Could Have Changed Appearance By Brave New World
The Leader Was Subject To Continued Experimentation
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Indeed , the Leader ’s transmutation in Marvel Comics collimate his phylogeny in the MCU . Sterns begins with the large , oversized head teased inThe unbelievable Hulk . However , byBrave New Worldhe is bulbous and lumpy . This suggests that asimilar evolution as in the comics could have take spot off - covert . A gossip made inCaptain America : Brave New Worldseemingly confirms this .
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It was established inBrave New Worldthat President Thaddeus " Thunderbolt " Ross played a part in The Leader ’s transformation . It is expose thatRoss provide poop with additional gamma exposure afterThe Incredible Hulkin order to keep building his intellect , which Ross would then exploit to become President of the United States . Much like the Leader ’s siphoned Vasco da Gamma in the comics , this could have caused a 2d mutation and deformed Sterns further .
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The similarity between the Leader ’s 2d plan and the MCU version would back up this theory . It seemingly follows the same flight , despite occurring between film . Though it was likely spurned by behind - the - scene divisor , the fact that Marvel remain close to the strip allow for an in - universe account . It advise that , as in the comedian , derriere may have undergone an additional transformation after his initial exposure , conduct to his more monstrous and deformed appearing inCaptain America : Brave New World .
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