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'Gossip Girl's' Sebastian Stan to play 'Captain America' sidekick
If you can't be Captain America, might as well be his sidekick.That's the conclusion "Gossip Girl's" Sebastian Stan came to after Chis Evans nabbed the title role in "The First Avenger: Captain America," for which Stan also tested. Stan has now accepted the role of Cap's sidekick, Bucky Barnes, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
In the Cap comics, Bucky is a teenage orphan who's becomes something of a mascot to his late father's fellow soldiers at an Army camp. When he discovers Cap's secret, he joins the fight against the Nazis.
Stan has signed on for five or six pictures, THR says.
In addition to his role as Chuck's nemesis and Serena's short-lived flame on "Gossip Girl," Stan has also appeared in "Hot Tub Time Machine" and has wrapped production on Joel Silver's "The Apparition" and Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan." He also starred on NBC's "Kings" last season.
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And he also co-starred in 'The Covenant'. It's silly and cheesy, but I love it.
I guess it they had to get one of the actors from The Covenant into this film somehow.
This movie is really going to suck.
i watched him on KINGS and he's a great actor.
If they had chosen this one to be our hero - I would refuse to watch the movie. It would be a huge mistake, by the way, it would be a nonsense if we had a foreign actor playing the part of the most american hero of all times.