Here’s Who
Alfre Woodard Plays in ‘Captain America: Civil War’
Mike Sampson
NBC
You may be reading that headline thinking, “Wait, Alfre
Woodard is in Captain America: Civil War?” She is, though Marvel only
officially revealed that little casting tidbit today. In an e-mail sent to
press inviting coverage to the upcoming Captain America: Civil War premiere in
Los Angeles, Woodard was listed as one of the film’s cast members who will be
in attendance (you may remember a similar slip revealed both Linda Cardellini
and Julie Delpy’s participation in Avengers: Age of Ultron). The immediate
reaction would be that Woodard is making an early appearance as Mariah Dillard,
the Luke Cage villain she’s playing on Marvel’s Netflix show. It would be one
of the first and strongest connections between the Marvel Cinematic Universe
and the Marvel Netflix Universe. Except that’s not who she’s playing.
According to sources, Woodard has a small, but pivotal role
in the beginning of the film. She’ll be playing the mother of an American
citizen who was killed during the Battle of Sokovia in Age of Ultron. Her
character has a confrontation with Tony Stark where she lays both guilt and
blame at him for the death of her son. It’s this encounter that convinces Tony
to back the Sokovia Accords that would regulate The Avengers and other
“enhanced individuals.”
It may seem weird to cast an Oscar-nominated actress to play
two separate roles within the Marvel universe, but this may speak to the
growing divide between Marvel Studios and Marvel TV. Despite actors’
willingness to appear across platforms, the crossovers from film to TV have
been limited since Samuel L. Jackson’s appearance on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in
2014. Going by when the projects were filmed, it would seem that Woodard was
first cast in Civil War, which wrapped principal photography in August of last
year, before being cast in Luke Cage (her role wasn’t announced until later
that September).
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