Who is the antagonist in captain america brave new world
Who Is Red Hulk In Captain America: Brave New World?
As was shown in the promotional material for Captain America: Brave New World, the antagonist of Sam Wilson is Red Hulk, a ‘Hulk variant’ that is somehow angrier than the original. A quick glance at the trailers tells you who transforms into this monster, but why that happens is left for movie-goers to find out.
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Here, we will delve into who Red Hulk is both in the movie and in the comics, the difference between the origins and the possible future of the character. We will also cover the characters that didn’t show up, and why their absence is felt once the movie is over.
Spoilers For The Movie Ahead!
Who Is Red Hulk?
The real identity of Red Hulk
is General Thaddeus Ross
, a high-ranking U.S. military officer who
has appeared several times in the MCU
. His first appearance
was in The Incredible Hulk
, released in 2008 and
portrayed by the late William Hurt
, where he hunted Bruce Banner during his first
“Captain America: Brave New World” Adds Giancarlo Esposito’s Mysterious Villain
Director Julius Onah’s
Captain America: Brave New World
is currently putting in a 22-day shoot to capture additional photography and a new action sequence, a fairly routine course of business for an MCU film. What’s intriguing about Brave New World’s shoot is that it’s also bringing in a phenomenal performer, Giancarlo Esposito, to play a mysterious new villain.
Onah’s film actually wrapped principal photography in the spring of 2023, before the writers and actors struck. For the additional shoot,
Moon Knight
scribe Matthew Orton penned some new pages, with Esposito taking on this undisclosed bad guy role.
Brave New World
is a major new MCU installment, with Anthony Mackie taking on the mantle of Captain America for the first time on the big screen. We’ve seen the burden Sam carries as the first Black man taking on the role Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) carried for so long in Marvel’s Disney+ series
Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige presented some footage of
Brave New World
at Cinema Con a
I'm So Worried The Captain America: Brave New World Villain I'm Most Excited To See Will Suffer From The Movie's High Number Of Antagonists
Captain America: Brave New World
will feature several villains pitted against the noticeably non-superpowered Sam Wilson in his first starring role on the big screen in the MCU, and I'm concerned that the one I'm most excited about will be sidelined. I've been excited about
Captain America: Brave New World
since it was first announced for many reasons. Seeing Sam Wilson in the titular role for the first time since he accepted it in
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
is one of these reasons, but I was also curious to see which villains would appear in
Brave New World
.
My excitement was then supercharged when it was announced that Red Hulk and other characters typically tied to Bruce Banner would be starring in this Captain America movie. Nevertheless, I couldn't help but wonder if there wasn't a more applicable enemy for Cap to face while lamenting the fact that we'll probably never get to see Hulk pitted against his red nemesis. This changed when a Hollywood legend was confirmed to be portraying one of Captain Ameri
Every Captain America: Brave New World Villain, Ranked by Strength
Captain America: Brave New World
finally hit theaters in February, giving audiences an action-packed thriller filled with plenty of twists and surprises. This entry of Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe follows Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) as he continues to establish himself as the new Captain America despite a disapproving world and an overreaching President who ultimately becomes a new threat to the world.
Sam faces plenty of fresh challenges in his early career as Captain America, including several villains who come out of the woodwork to challenge his claim to the shield. From hulking rage monsters to big-brained schemers, Sam faces plenty of conniving supervillains during the events of
Brave New World
, with several standing out as some of the strongest enemies he's ever come across in the MCU.
Updated on June 10, 2025, by Mayra Garcia:
Captain America: Brave New World introduced new threats to the MCU that fans are hopeful to see again. This list was updated to include more information on the Captain America: Brave New World villains and reflect CBR's current publication standards.
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