A comic strip character has become an immediate flash point when the word interrupted its inclusion for the first time Captain America: Brave New World.
In the 2022 D23 Expo, the annual Disney fans agreement, the Israeli actress Shira Haas was Announced for the film Marvel in the role of Sabraalias Ruth Bat-Seraph. In the comics, Sabra is a mutant and qualified fighter who works as an agent for Mossad, the secret services of Israel. However, Marvel said in a press release Variety That filmmakers “would adopt a new approach with the character”. No other details were provided at the time.
Supporters on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict held uncomfortable feelings About the incorporation of such a character during the increased political climate. These tensions only occurred when the first details of the role of Haas in the film were revealed. A revelation of the trailer in 2024 came with a press release described Ruth as “a high-level US government official”. Some voices – like pro -Israelis American Jewish Committee and various media such as the Israeli newspaper Haaretz And The Jerusalem post – Initially accused Marvel of having stripped the Israeli identity of the character for the film.
Nate Moore, a longtime Marvel producer on which worked Captain America: Brave New World (in the rooms of February 14), addresses the character of Ruth during an interview with Weekly entertainment. When asked if changes had been made, he replied: “Not to the extent that was reported online or what was guessed online.”
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The Ruth bat will be Captain America: Brave New World is presented as a black widow agent who is now a security advisor to President Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford). Fans will immediately establish this connection once they see it execute a very familiar withdrawal movement.
“We have always thought that it was interesting to anchor the character of Ruth in the mythology of the red room,” explains Moore to EW. “One of the things I think is really cool about the Black widow The film suggests that the red room was more than a simple Russian state apparatus, that it was international. But Ruth’s point of view in the film is really cool because it is not a secret that she works for the American government and she works with Thaddeus Ross. I think what is interesting in the dynamics is ruth and (Anthony Mackie‘s) Sam has a very different perspective on who is Thaddeus Ross and if he is or not a worthy president. And I think it will put Sam and Ruth on a collision trajectory in an interesting way. “”
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Haas, in particular, was someone that Marvel followed for a long time, Moore continues, noting the Unorthodox And Shisel Star actor’s talent and “unique physical”. He says: “Just like many MCU characters, they are not one by one with their publication roots.” Moore underlines how Sam Wilson of Mackie did not start as a street Hustler in the films as the character did in the comics, and he does not communicate with a bird called Red Wing telepathically, but rather a Red wing drone he uses in stealth and fight.
“I just think there are differences that we have to make because the film is different from the publishing,” explains Moore. “It is a different medium. But what we liked by Ruth is the attitude she has who is very in line with her publication counterpart … She is a very strong and very possessed woman who knows exactly what she wants and she will pass anyone to obtain it.
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Ruth de Haas arrives as one of the many new characters in Captain America: Brave New WorldDirected by Julius Onah (Make the luce). After having executed a successful mission in Mexico, Sam and his partner Joaquin / Falcon (Danny Ramirez) are invited to the White House to meet President Ross. He asked Sam, the new Captain America, to reconstruct the Avengers initiative. However, they almost immediately compete on the opposite sides when an assassination attempt occurs. During a summit later at night, something activates the programming of the dormant agent in some of the guests, including the super-soldier Isaiah Bradley (Carl Lumble), to attack world leaders. The next day, Sam leaves without the blessing of Ross to resolve the conspiracy itself.
Similar to Ruth, Moore and Onah also spoke with EW Change the background of the comic strip figurines like the Serpent Company To adapt to the context of MCU scenarios. These bad guys, led by Giancarlo EspositoThe Sidewinder, now appears as highly qualified and incredibly violent mercenaries hired to steal samples from the indestructible metal known as Adamantium for an unknown buyer.
“The Serpent Society is one of the groups of bad guys in the Cap renown temple, but in publication, they can be very clumsy. Our approach was almost the same approach that we adopted with Batroc,” says Moore, Referring to Georges St-Pierre de Georges. 2014 character Captain America: The Winter Soldier. “You take something that seems intrinsically ridiculous, and you discover the context of this. And then we just got to work with a really talented actor.”