Captain America – a fine line between camp and dark
Some fictional characters just don’t age as well as others.
Just when Captain America was sounding like it was going to lose some of it’s camp value, comes word via The Hollywood Reporter that Sebastian Stan (Kings, Gossip Girl, Hot Tub Time Machine) has been cast in the role of Bucky Barnes.
Who, you ask?
In the comics, “Bucky Barnes” was Robin to Captain America’s Batman, so to speak.
Originating during WWII, the comics portrayed Bucky as a war orphan too young to join the army, but who became Captain America’s sidekick when he discoverd the hero’s true identity. The character was killed off in the final WWII adventure, but was ressurected in 2005 as a covert assassin re-named Winter Solider.
No word which version of Bucky Barnes (here’s hoping they tweak the name) producers are going with, but Stan has been signed on to be in six films. Early confidence in a property is always a good sign.
Just as long as we don’t end up with another Batman & Robin or Batman Forever (shudder).
