FILM · 2014 · USA

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Directed by

Joe Russo, Anthony Russo

Runtime

136 min

Studio

Marvel Studios

171 archived facts · 8 topics · 1 source · Last reviewed Sep 2026

After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy…

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier: 12 Facts About the Characters and Cast

1. #001
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   At around the 2-hour mark, Nick Fury's grave bears the inscription "The path of the righteous man. Ezekiel 25:17." This is Jules Winnfield's (Samuel L. Jackson) favorite line in Pulp Fiction (1994). The actual text of Ezekiel 25:17 in the Christian Bible, however, reads: "And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them."

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2. #004

   Sebastian Stan signed a nine-film contract, but according to him, when production on this film began he was told nothing about which films would be included. Stan only realized he was playing the lead role of the Winter Soldier when the title was officially announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2013.

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3. #042

   Anthony Mackie took the role of Sam Wilson, aka Falcon, partly to give African-American children another black superhero they could enjoy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe besides War Machine in the Iron Man films. However, he was unhappy with the modern approach to the Falcon costume because he wanted the red spandex look from the comics. Instead, this film adapts Falcon from Marvel Comics' Ultimate Marvel imprint, where he appears as a special operations soldier equipped with a unique winged flight harness, goggles and much lighter dark colors.

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4. #067

   UFC Welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre plays an Algerian mercenary in the film. Casting the popular MMA fighter in the role was a stroke of luck and good timing for the producers, but it was equally lucky for St-Pierre, who was experiencing the excitement of landing his first chance at a role in a major action film.

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5. #087

   Although Georges St-Pierre plays a French/Algerian character, he delivers his lines in his native French-Canadian accent.

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6. #093
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   At roughly 1 hour 15 minutes, while Rogers and Romanov interrogate Agent Sitwell about Zola's algorithm, Sitwell lists the people being targeted. He mentions Stephen Strange, the main character of Doctor Strange (2016), played by Benedict Cumberbatch.

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7. #108

   Anna Kendrick, Felicity Jones, Imogen Poots, Teresa Palmer, Alison Brie, Emilia Clarke, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Elizabeth Olsen and Jessica Brown Findlay were considered to play Sharon Carter. Although the role ultimately went to Emily VanCamp, Olsen would go on to take on the role of Wanda Maximoff, aka Scarlet Witch, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Clarke would also later join the Marvel Cinematic Universe after taking on the role of G'iah (Talos's daughter) in Secret Invasion (2023).

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8. #119

   Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kevin Durand and Josh Holloway auditioned to play Crossbones. This would have been Durand's second Marvel role after the Blob in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009). Holloway was also considered to have played Gambit in both X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

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9. #128

   Near the beginning of the film, in an aerial shot of Washington, D.C., the camera lingers on a shot centered on the Watergate complex, where in June 1972 President Richard Nixon's Committee to Re-elect the President (the Plumbers) broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters, igniting the Watergate scandal that exposed Nixon's use of intelligence agencies to gain political power. Robert Redford played Bob Woodward in the famous Watergate scandal film All the President's Men (1976). The Watergate complex also appears at 45:52, right after Steve Rogers enters the glass elevator following his meeting with Alexander Pierce, played by Redford.

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10. #132

    Karen Gillan auditioned for the role of Sharon Carter. She later took on the role of Nebula in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).

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11. #142

    Anthony Mackie auditioned for the role of the Mandarin in Iron Man 3 (2013).

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12. #165

    Fans suggested Mads Mikkelsen and Joseph Fiennes to play Helmut Zemo. Mikkelsen went on to play Kaecilius in Doctor Strange (2016).

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