Rumor: Who Does Martin Freeman Play in 'Captain America 3: Civil War'?

Captain America 3: Civil War will have an impressive roster of characters, but a big mystery has been the identity of the character played by Martin Freeman. A new rumor claims to know who the actor plays in the highly-anticipated movie.

Latino-Review reports that Freeman will play Edward Chase, the Prime Minister of England in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Chase apparently makes his debut in the MCU because of the battle between Captain America and Crossbones in Africa. To refresh your memory, Lainey Gossip previously reported that Captain America and his new Avengers team will fight Crossbones in Africa, which leads to the deaths of some civilians. This is reportedly "the first big action set piece of the movie...that kicks off the Civil War." This could be the international incident in the synopsis that helps spark the war.

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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