Giancarlo Esposito discusses his new villain role in Captain America: Brave New World in detail after his character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is officially revealed. While Deadpool and Wolverine, the sole MCU movie produced by Marvel Studios in 2024, is a hit, the studio will have many more Marvel films coming out in 2025. Captain America: Brave New World, the upcoming Phase 5 film, will star Anthony Mackie as the returning Sam Wilson, the film’s eponymous hero, and release in early 2025.

In a new interview with GamesRadar, Esposito opened up on his casting as the King of the Serpent Society in Captain America: Brave New World. Describing that “many of the characters in this movie, inclusive of Sidewinder, are mercenaries”, the new MCU star further teased the prospect of the Serpent Society appearing alongside Sidewinder in Captain America: Brave New World.