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Giancarlo Esposito confirms he was originally set to play Marvel's King Cobra in Captain America: Brave New World: "It was a bit of a whirlwind"

Captain America: Brave New World.

Captain America: Brave New World's Sidewinder actor Giancarlo Esposito has opened up on the character he was originally "prepped" to play in the Marvel movie – and revealed why the team behind the Anthony Mackie-led sequel switched things up in the reshoots.

In a new interview with Collider, the Breaking Bad actor said that producer Nate Moore had initially approached him about bringing Klaus Voorhees AKA King Cobra to life. In the comics, Voorhees is an ex-convict who gets bitten by a radioactive snake when his plot to murder his co-worker, medical researcher Professor Ezekiel Shecktor, goes awry. He's best known for facing off against Thor, Daredevil, and Mr. Fantastic, and has unsurprisingly had run-ins with Captain America and Falcon.

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