Frank Grillo Talks Crossbones Role in 'Captain America 3: Civil War'

Frank Grillo portrays Crossbones in Captain America 3: Civil War, and the actor discussed his role in a recent interview with 93.3 WMMR.

First, Grillo discussed the reaction to the set photos that show Crossbones in his full costume. "It's funny because people really responded to it," he said. "It went viral, trended, so I've been getting phone calls." He then joked that his character is actually his alter ego. "Crossbones is a violent, violent villain in these series," he said with a laugh. "And I finally feel I've been understood now. I feel complete; [people] get me."

The interviewer then asked about the numerous shooting locations for the movie, which include Iceland. "My part of it is down here in Atlanta, but I think they are going off to Berlin for a little while," he replied. He then discussed the rather large cast of the film.

"[These movies] film for months and months and there's a lot of characters, so It's great fun." he said. "And everybody down here gets along real well. Me, [Chris] Evans, Anthony Mackie, and Jeremy Renner were hanging out last night, having some food. Just a bunch of cool guys getting a chance to be eight-year-olds for a little while."

Marvel has decided to release the official plot synopsis for the movie that some have dubbed Avengers 2.5. And that certainly sounds like an apt title based on the description:

"Set for release in the United States on May 6, 2016, Captain America: Civil War is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo from a screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely. The film returns Chris Evans as the iconic Super Hero character Steve Rogers/Captain America along with Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon, Paul Bettany as The Vision, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Don Cheadle as Jim Rhodes/War Machine and Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch.

After his debut in Marvel’s Ant-Man on July 17, 2015, Paul Rudd will make his first appearance alongside the Avengers as Scott Lang/Ant-Man in Captain America: Civil War.

The film also includes outstanding additional cast, including Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa/Black Panther, Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter/Agent 13, Daniel Brühl, Frank Grillo as Brock Rumlow/ Crossbones, William Hurt as General Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross and Martin Freeman.

Captain America: Civil War picks up where Avengers: Age of Ultron left off, as Steve Rogers leads the new team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. After another international incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability and a governing body to determine when to enlist the services of the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers while they try to protect the world from a new and nefarious villain."

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