The actor, who played crime boss Gus Fring in the acclaimed crime drama, has joined the fourth film in the Captain America franchise<\/a> as it undergoes 22 days of reshoots in Atlanta. <\/span><\/p>\n Esposito is playing a villain, according to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/span>, but there\u2019s yet no word on who.<\/p>\n Plot details currently remain scarce for the sequel, but\u00a0<\/span>we do know that Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) will be keeping the mantle of Captain America after <\/span>first being given the shield at the end of Avengers: Endgame, before continuing his journey in the 2021 Disney Plus series <\/span>The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Mackie will be joined in the cast by Harrison Ford, Liv Tyler, Shira Haas, Tim Blake Nelson and many more.<\/span><\/p>\n While there\u2019s no word yet on who Esposito will play in Brave New World, rumours are rife about who he could be, with fans pegging him for a number of Marvel characters, including Professor X, Galactus, Magneto and Doctor Doom.<\/span><\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n The actor teased an MCU debut earlier this week <\/span>at Phoenix Fan Fusion, saying (via a post by Legion of Sand<\/a> on X\/Twitter): \u201cThe MCU has knocked on my door and it\u2019s a role you won\u2019t predict. It will be teased and there will be a series afterwards.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s not the first time the actor has teased a future Marvel project, with the star revealing back in 2022 that he had spoken with executives about a role.<\/span><\/p>\n In a TikTok posted by <\/span>coundownsitygeeks<\/span><\/a>, Esposito was shown speaking at the TJH Superhero Car Show & Comic Con in San Antonio, Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n Responding to a question from a fan, he said: \u201cI have not worked for Marvel yet. I\u2019ve been in the room with them and talked to them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n He added: \u201cI\u2019m gonna go for something that\u2019s a little bit different. I\u2019m gonna go and put it out in the universe that [I\u2019d like to play] Professor X.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s shaping up to be a busy year for Esposito, with the star having portrayed a villain in the horror film Abigail, as well as leading the cast of Parish, appearing in Francis Ford Coppola\u2019s Megalopolis at the Cannes Film Festival, and starring in Guy Ritchie\u2019s The Gentlemen.<\/span><\/p>\n The actor is also set to appear in the forthcoming horror threequel MaXXXine alongside Mia Goth,\u00a0 and the <\/span>upcoming fourth season of The Boys, which is due to land on Prime Video on 13th June.<\/span><\/p>\n The Captain America films are available to stream on Disney Plus<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out our list of the\u00a0best shows on Disney Plus<\/a>\u00a0or see what else is on and visit our\u00a0Sci-fi<\/a> hub for all the latest news.\u00a0<\/strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to <\/strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div> <\/body><\/html>\n The role remains a mystery\u2026 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":52495,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/captain-america-4-casts-breaking-bad-and-the-boys-star-in-villain-role-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/captain-america-4-casts-breaking-bad-and-the-boys-star-in-villain-role-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/captain-america-4-casts-breaking-bad-and-the-boys-star-in-villain-role-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/captain-america-4-casts-breaking-bad-and-the-boys-star-in-villain-role-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/captain-america-4-casts-breaking-bad-and-the-boys-star-in-villain-role-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/captain-america-4-casts-breaking-bad-and-the-boys-star-in-villain-role-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/06\/captain-america-4-casts-breaking-bad-and-the-boys-star-in-villain-role-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The role remains a mystery\u2026","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/52494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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