If you go next month Captain America: Brave New World hoping to see Anthony Mackie duke it with Seth Rollins, the WWE wrestler said you should leave your expectations behind when buying a ticket app.

In a recent interview with Chris Van VilletRollins said he would not appear in the film. Back inside 2023he was shown on set, leading fans to think he was playing a member of the Serpent Society. Marvel has never formally confirmed his cast, and Rollins is unclear about who he will be. Not sure about his NDA, all he can say is Brave New World script “went through many rewrites and reshoots. (…) Actually my role was changed or completely erased. He also auditioned to pop in another role, or a potential “again ” in his original part, but no option failed.

“I would definitely say I’m not in the film,” he continued. It was Rollins kindness insisted on leaving his fans alone, and told Van Vilet that he didn’t want the fans to think he was pulling Andrew Garfield. “I don’t want those people to waste their time, and I don’t want to make anyone wrong. (…) “They went in a different direction with it. Marvel knows that they have a finished product that hopefully they’re happy with, and hopefully it’s successful. But (Brave New World) is sans Seth Rollins. Marvel is doing well, it should be good. “

Outside of nixing Rollins, Brave New World the chaotic production is well known. Its release date spinning around in some cases, and its production stopped when the Hollywood strikes started. After those ended, the film went through several reshoots and rewrites, allegedly due to negative test screenings. initials reports admitted that three “major sequences” were cut in the reshoots, but Anthony Mackie has since described them as “a few more scenes.”

This isn’t the first Marvel film to be known for its reshoots, but its misfortunes (and the surrounding cultural background. Enoughone of the key supporting characters) who hangs around in the movie longer than normal. Let’s see how Captain America: Brave New World finally fare when it hits theaters on Valentine’s Day.

(through IGN)

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