'Captain America: Civil War' Cast News, Spoilers: Alfre Woodard Joins Cast; RDJ Says Film Will 'Diverge' From Source Material
Golden Globe Award winner Alfre Woodard will join the cast of the highly-anticipated "Captain America: Civil War" in a role that reportedly has nothing to do with Mariah Dillard, the villain she is portraying in Netflix's upcoming superhero series "Luke Cage."
On Wednesday, April 6, Marvel announced that Woodard has been cast in "Civil War" in the role of someone whose child died during the climactic battle in "Avengers: Age of Ultron" (2015). According to a report from Screen Crush, Woodard will play a "small but pivotal" role in which she appears in the beginning of the film and confronts Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.) about her child's death. According to the report, the blaming and shaming Tony receives from Woodard's character is one of the motivations behind his support of the Sokovia Accords, which seeks to regulate his and his fellow Avengers' activities, as well as those of other "enhanced individuals."
Back in September, Marvel announced that the Oscar-nominated actress had been cast as Mariah Dillard, a local Harlem politician in "Luke Cage," which is set to debut sometime this year. According to the Marvel press release, Dillard's personal and professional lives will be thrown into chaos by the arrival of Cage, as well as that of Dillard's cousin Cottonmouth Stokes (Mahershala Ali).
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Meanwhile, ABC News has released a new video from the set of "Captain America: Civil War," in which stars Downey, Jr. and Scarlett Johansson speak about how closely the film adheres to the "Civil War" storyline in the Marvel Comics and what's ahead for each of the Avengers.
In the video, which features glimpses of various "Civil War" sets and some behind-the-scenes footage, Downey, Jr. admits that he will be "playing a much darker version of Tony Stark than he's ever played."
The actor also dropped a major hint about the film's plot, saying that "Civil War" "diverg[es] from the source material."
"It's not going to be totally predictable," he said. "Characters are going to make choices that surprise you."
Though Johansson was less transparent, she agreed that the plot will surprise many Marvel fans.
"I think Marvel likes to keep the fans excited, guessing, curious, all that stuff," she said.
"Captain America: Civil War" hits theaters May 6.
