Marvel Studios often tries with all the might of a Norse thunder god to keep their secrets away from fans, so that when the big reveal makes its way onto the screen, they get the level of satisfaction that they'd always hoped to capture in seeing legendary heroes and villains from the House of Ideas making their surprise appearance. Unfortunately, in the case of Harrison Ford's take on Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross in Captain America: Brave New World, the secret was just too big to keep quiet about.
In an interview with Empire, director Julius Onah acknowledged and accepted that the marketing of Sam Wilson's (Anthony Mackie) first cinematic outing as Captain America would inevitably come with a heavy red tint. In the comics, Red Hulk made his smashing debut in 2008, and it wasn't until 2010 that Ross was revealed to be the human who had been given a monstrous jolt. With that as common knowledge, Ford's addition to the project made the secret difficult to keep.
