The stars of Captain America: The Winter Soldier were on hand at the Disney's D23 expo alongside directors Joe and Anthony Russo to tease fans about what's in store for Cap and friends in the film. Chris Evans (Captain America), Sebastian Stan (Bucky/Winter Soldier), and Anthony Mackie (Falcon) were greeted by enthusiastic fans, and dropped a few hints about the tone of the highly-anticipated sequel. In particular, co-director, Anthony Russo, was very specific about what fans can expect.
“We had a strong vision for the movie, a specific direction to move in that was different from everything they've done up to this point, and the Marvel team were very supportive...Cap fights very differently than he did in his previous films, but we were able to re-set him in a way, because time has passed and he's embraced the modern world. Now he's working for S.H.I.E.L.D., he wants to be the best operative he can be, study different forms of fighting.”
As for the style of the film, Russo said, "There are a lot of clips we pulled from '70s thrillers, some of our favourite films to show to the creative team,” he continued. “Things we were looking for, we're big fans of De Palma and the way he would eke out tension in scenes. We grew up cinephiles and film fanatics, and for us this was a chance to try our hand at stuff that inspired us as kids.”
There's more from the D23 panel, including quotes from Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan over at Empire Online!