![]() "My life and what I want to do is much different now, and I think I'm outgrowing that whole kind-of Marvel and superhero thing. He played Brock Rumlow / Crossbones in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and animated series What If. It's not where my life is taking me anymore, and my friend Jonny Bernthal did an amazing job," the 55-year-old actor told Uproxx when asked if he maintained interest in the Punisher role. Frank Anthony Grillo (born June 8, 1965) is an American actor. infiltrator Rumlow - who was revealed as a HYDRA agent in Winter Soldier before he returned as masked villain Crossbones in Civil War - Grillo is targeting other roles: The Purge and Billions actor first expressed his interest in the role after joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2014, before Jon Bernthal was announced as Frank Castle in the sophomore season of Netflix series Marvel's Daredevil. Either way, Grillo is ready to return to the role.Frank Grillo, who portrayed double agent Brock Rumlow in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War before reprising his role in Avengers: Endgame, says he's "outgrowing" the "Marvel and superhero thing" and no longer desires to play the Punisher. With Marvel now playing with the multiverse and overall timeline of the MCU, it no longer feels implausible that Grillo could suit back up as Crossbones in some form or another, potentially even finding his way into Captain America 4 with Anthony Mackie or another Captain America themed project in the future. The fact that he continues to return to the MCU as the character even after his death shows true dedication to the role. Grillo embodied the tough ruthlessness of Rumlow/Crossbones exceptionally. Many felt that his demise in Civil War was premature given the character's popularity and long history with his patriotic adversary. Grillo has made a name for himself as a heavy or hero in several action films over the past two decades, with notable performances in The Purge film series and the massively popular show Kingdom.Ĭrossbones is one of Captain America's most common enemies in the comics. His latest film is Joe Carnahan's Cop Shop with Gerard Butler, and he also announced that he'd be starring in a Sylvester-Stallone directed series adaptation of Stallone's 1981 film Nighthawks. Grillo continues to be one of the hardest working people in Hollywood, churning out multiple films per year. So, Kevin Feige, who’s the smartest guy on the planet-who knows, hopefully it’ll be me, but I imagine somewhere down the line, how do you not bring this guy back?" And Crossbones is very popular and are very vocal about it. I would love-before I’m too old and ridiculous, I’d love to go do a little bit more with Crossbones, because I thought it was a cool character. Grillo played the antagonist Brock Rumlow, aka Crossbones, in the MCU, most notably in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, in which his status as a HYDRA double agent was revealed. I would absolutely be head over heels to get a call and say, ‘we have written Crossbones into such-and-such’. I love that they keep this alive in some way, shape or form. He told, They never told the story about Crossbones. Before revealing he was joining the DCU, Grillo took some heavy shots at Marvel Studios and the Marvel Cinematic Universe for what he views as poor story choices in regards to his character, Crossbones. Crossbones is only in one of those movies, right? And, you would think that, I mean, I was side-by-side with Captain America in the public’s eye. Frank Grillo as Crossbones in Captain America: Civil War. I’m in two movies, basically, two Captain America movies. ![]() It’s kind of a testament to the power of Marvel. "I gotta tell you, I’m grateful for it, first of all. ![]() Grillo said he hopes he'll be the one to reprise the role if he's ever written into a future MCU project but imagines he'd be brought back regardless due to the character's popularity. Grillo also brings up the popularity of Crossbones with fans, saying that he can stand side-by-side with Captain America in that regard. In an interview with The Beard and The Bald Movie Podcast, Grillo said that he'd still love to do more with Crossbones in a future Marvel project, saying he thinks it's a cool character and one he'd like to play again before he's "too old and ridiculous" to do so. Related: MCU Phase 4 Finally Makes The Marvel One-Shots Matter ![]()
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