Shocking!!!!! Steve Rogers In Captain America: Civil War Was Almost Killed

 

Before Captain America: Civil War hit theatres, there were numerous rumors which pointed to the film killing off Steve Rogers, as that’s what happened in the comic book arc of the same name.
At a recent “For Your Consideration” screening of Civil War, directors Joe and Anthony Russo revealed that at one point, they actually entertained the idea of killing off the beloved Avenger, though it seems like it was never a very serious possibility.

They said “We did for a beat. We talk about everything. I think the thing to remember though, is, we do talk about every possible scenario over and over and over again for months and months and months. We talked about it. But it never made its way into a realistic outline. We talked about lots of potential characters dying at the end of the movie. And we thought that it would undercut what is really the rich tension of the movie, which is this is Kramer vs Kramer. It’s about a divorce. If somebody dies, it would create empathy, which would change and allow for repair, and we didn’t want to do that.”

Kevin Feige, Marvel head honcho stated “In the amazing comic book story, which certainly the conceit of this movie is based on and some of the specifics — during their big battle, which has a hundred times as many characters, a character dies. And we talked about that for a while. And, ultimately, we thought what happened to Rhodey would be enough of a downer.”