Summary

• Tim Blake Nelson finally plays The Leader after 17 years, ing the cast of Captain America: Brave New World.
• The role of The Leader in the film will be "reality-based."
• The return of The Leader after so long could connect to a potential Hulk storyline with a focus on Bruce Banner's blood falling into the wrong hands.

The Leader's role in cast of Captain America: Brave New World.

On the Captain America: Brave New World's story will be "reality-based," with Nelson feeling gratified about going in that direction with the Hulk villain. The Captain America movie will also include the return of Liv Tyler's Betty Ross for the first time since The Incredible Hulk, with Harrison Ford stepping in as her father, Thunderbolt Ross, after William Hurt's ing. Check out the full quote below:

"I really credit Marvel and also Julius [Onah] for wanting to make a very much reality-based superhero movie. In of our approach to The Leader, that's really where we went, and I was really gratified to do it that way."

How The Leader’s Captain America: Brave New World Return Could Impact The MCU

The Villain Could Connect To She-Hulk: Attorney At Law

Captain America: Brave New World, as its title states, is not a Hulk movie. Bruce Banner is not set to return for the MCU film — save for a surprise appearance — but despite the story being focused on Sam Wilson, the MCU's new Captain America, multiple Hulk characters will show up in the 2025 movie. Chief among them is The Leader, who is seemingly the main villain of the movie, and the MCU return of the character after 17 years could connect to a Disney+ series, setting up a major Hulk story for the franchise.

In She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Jennifer Walters became She-Hulk after being exposed to Bruce Banner's blood. Later in the series, multiple characters try to get their hands on Hulk's blood, with Todd becoming a Hulk-like creature after injecting himself with it. The series set up a possible future story about the Hulk's blood falling into the wrong hands. That plot point is timely with The Leader's Captain America: Brave New World appearance, with the villain also having been transformed after accidentally being exposed to Banner's blood.

Based on his MCU origin story and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, there is a decent chance that The Leader's role in Captain America: Brave New World could be connected with a continuation of the plot related to other characters trying to get their hands on Banner's blood to create more Hulks. Marvel Studios has also been rumored to be developing a World War Hulk adaptation of some sort, and that could be tied to The Leader's return in Captain America: Brave New World.

Source: Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum