Kevin Fiege Talks DC Characters; Hints At Falcon In Captain America 2

By Jasper C-H on Friday, April 13th, 2012

Continuing the press junket for The Avengers, President of Production at Marvel Studios Kevin Fiege spoke to The Huffington Post about what DC characters he likes best and if he has ever wanted to bring one over to Marvel, and vaguely hints at the Falcon appearing as Cap’s sidekick in Captain America 2. Check the best bits out below:

I know that the two Hulk movies were disappointing financially compared to the other Marvel movies, but is there any part of you thinking, Maybe we can give another Hulk movie a shot?
Well, no. This was the other shot. Right? I mean, this was the third appearance of Hulk and everything that we had and were going for, we put in to Hulk’s appearance in “Avengers.” So, I love that people are saying that and are feeling that way about Hulk, but mission accomplished at this point. And the way we go forward, we’ll see. But it was a long road to get to this point. Although, I will say, after the screening, I heard various arguments over who was their favorite. Which is my favorite thing: Arguing what was the favorite moment or character. And the fact that so many of them are saying Hulk feels very, very good. Where we go next, we’ll see. But we’ll be very careful about it and deliberate — as we were in how we wanted to bring him back in “Avengers.”

If you could poach one character from DC, which one would it be?

Heh, well … I don’t know, exactly. The obvious answer is Batman.

But I get the feeling you like some of the secondary characters.
I’m not going to name any particular one, but I will say there are times when — and I’m going back years and years — when I was very jealous of some of the Vertigo titles. There was some neat stuff going on. And some obscure stuff that could be interesting.

Ben Kingsley’s name is out there as a possible villain for Iron Man 3.
There are rumors online that we’re in negotiations with Ben Kingsley.

For a character that you can’t reveal?
Well, Marvel doesn’t confirm any of our casting until it’s all completely done. And, even at that point, not talking about the characters is something … I love that there’s a “Star Trek” movie in production right now and I have no idea who the new characters are or who the villains are. I would love to be able to follow that mold for the next few movies that we make.

Captain America always has a sidekick. In the next “Captain America” movie, is he going to have a sidekick?

It is interesting that you ask that question. And I’m not going to give you an answer. But I will give you kudos for pointing that out and recognizing that.

When I was younger, my dad had a bunch of Cap’ comic books from the “Captain America and the Falcon” era.
[Pauses] That was a fun era.