One of many MCU’s longest-tenured heroes is becoming a member of the American legislature, and his identify is Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan). The reveal initially got here out of a ComicBook.com interview with Stan and “Thunderbolts*” co-star Wyatt Russell, the place Russell teased Bucky’s new occupation within the upcoming Marvel movie. The “Thunderbolts*” trailers have confirmed this by exhibiting Bucky at a congressional listening to with a congressional pin on his swimsuit.
That is, fairly frankly, hilarious. Not solely is Bucky a 100-year-old cyborg, he is actually the person who assassinated John F. Kennedy in the principle MCU timeline. Whereas we as viewers perceive that the quite a few assassinations and different crimes he dedicated as an agent for Hydra weren’t his fault, it is exhausting to see the American individuals feeling that means in a normal election. Heck, Bucky dedicated worldwide acts of terror as lately as “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.”
However, he is now presumably an elected consultant of the American individuals. The MCU is on an American political kick between “Thunderbolts*” and “Captain America: Courageous New World,” albeit one that does not appear all in favour of partaking with the precise themes and realities of latest American politics. It is all a sort of cartoonish, “Schoolhouse Rock”-type of civic fiction, however with much less instructional worth and the Winter Soldier as an alternative of the Invoice the Sentient Invoice.
How did Bucky Barnes turn out to be a congressman within the MCU?
How did Bucky get his swanky new gig in Washington? Nicely, if he adopted the same old protocol, he both ran for workplace and was voted in, or grew to become a billionaire and helped himself to a bunch of federal energy associated to his personal non-public enterprise ventures. The latter appears unlikely on condition that he is nonetheless cleansing his cybernetic arm within the dishwasher (as seen within the trailer footage), which leaves the extra boring and conventional route.
However the election route raises extra questions. Bucky has been reclusive ever since regaining his reminiscences. Folks change, certain, however operating for public workplace requires a sure character sort that the Winter Soldier distinctly lacks. Plus, as talked about earlier than, his earlier profession in political assassination would have certainly raised some eyebrows amongst these within the know.
There’s additionally the matter of Bucky ostensibly main the Thunderbolts superhero crew, Rick Flagg-style. Is he moonlighting as a area commander in between appearances on the finances committee? Both there’s lots we do not but learn about Bucky’s new job on Capitol Hill (which is probably going), or Marvel Studios did not actually assume this one by means of (additionally potential). I suppose we’ll all discover out when “Thunderbolts” releases on Could 2, and extra clues may very well be coming in “Captain America: Courageous New World” this week.
