Giancarlo Esposito Teases Mystery Role in 'Captain America: Brave New World'

Giancarlo Esposito is sharing some insight into his role in Captain America 4!

Last month, the 66-year-old actor, who is best known for playing Gus Fring in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, joined the cast of Captain America: Brave New World.

The Marvel movie will be the first to feature Anthony Mackie wielding Captain America’s iconic shield after taking over the role in 2021′s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

While attending the premiere of his new movie MaXXXine on Monday (June 24), Giancarlo teased his role in the upcoming Captain America movie.

Keep reading to find out more…“In my other life, I’m a real badass, and you’ve seen me play a little bit of that intellectually as Gus Fring, but when you see me in the MCU, you’re going to see a badass, and I’m excited for that,” Giancarlo told Deadline.

He continued, “Acting is using every part of your body, your emotions, your senses, your feelings, to portray something. But you haven’t seen me use my body in a way that I’ll be using it. The MCU’s exciting; I can’t tell you who I’m playing, but you’re going to be excited when you see.”

The movie has been compared to 2014′s Captain America: The Winter Soldier in terms of its tone. A teaser aired at CinemaCon revealed that Harrison Ford will be playing Thaddeus Ross and attempting to recruit Sam Wilson (Mackie) to rebuild the Avengers after Endgame.

Captain America: Brave New World arrives in theaters on February 14, 2025.

Anthony is taking over the role of Captain America from Chris Evans. Did you know that 11 other stars have revealed that they were in the running to play the hero before Chris was cast?