While the U.S. Capitol January 6 riots shocked the world, they were equally jarring for the creative team behind Disney+/Marvel’s political action series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. “It only goes to show that the conversation we were having is long overdue,” says series director Kari Skogland.Falcon and the Winter Soldier follows the rise of Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) as the next Captain America post Steve Rogers’ retirement in a divided America which feasibly anoints those for public positions which they may not be qualified for (sound familiar?).
In that case, it’s John Walker (Wyatt Russell), a war hero who has earned his stripes by dubious methods. Though he’s earnest, let’s just say he lacks the edge for the job, which Sam
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