The Falcon and the Winter Soldier: Wyatt Russell reveals he once auditioned to play original Captain America
Wyatt Russe▨ll shares how he auditioned to be Steve Rogers, before becoming Captain America 2.0

Wyatt Russell – yes, his dad is that Kurt Russell –made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in the first episode of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
During the second episode, we got to know him better as 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:John Walker, the new Captain America, but what fans didn’t know was that the actor's first-ever audit꧃ion was for the role of Steve Rogers.
that he didn't assume he was actually in consideration for the role at the time, more that it was an opportunity to see if he had what it took to go out for any further acting opportunities – ironically, his current role is the successor to Rogers with the Captain America mantle."I think that honestly, the first audition was really more just something to read, to see if I waꦓs any good at acting or not," Russell said. "I don't think I was ever actually in competition for the role, but it was crazy."
Russell went on to share how he didn't even know what character he was reading for. "This time I had no idea even what it was, it was just, 'Marvel wants you to read for something, go for it,' and I found out aft🅷er I got the part what it was, so I didn't even know what it was going in," he admitted.
Talk about a full circle moment! Wyatt Russell's very first audition was for Captain America in the very first film — now he's playing the role in #FalconAndTheWinterSoldier. 🤯//t.co/Fpl0FIuHDl pic.twitter.com/zL4RbzsPK0
Now that Russell has made his official debut as John Walker, the actor noted that, ev🐈en though his character goes by the same name as his p🙈redecessor, Walker is no Steve Rogers and will wield the shield differently.
"He did have an unreal, unbelievable job," Russell said in an interview with . "That was a really different vers💜ion of Captain America, with far less problems. He was fighting Nazis and he had less internal issues to deal with because everyone thought he was perfect. That's just so hard to play, and he did such a great job of actually bringing some conflict with the character."
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