![]() The Falcon and the Winter Soldier isn’t Ramirez’s first brush with the Marvel Universe. Again, Ramirez fears the fury of Marvel executives if he says too much. Not for nothing, but the latest episode did have Sam tell Joaquín to “keep ‘em” when Joaquín asked Sam about leaving his wings behind. I was told not to get straight into that, but just to know there’s a nice little nod in some regard there.” “I went and got myself five of the comics that he appears in. “It was one of the first things that I did when I found out the full name and everything,” Ramirez says. Will it happen in the MCU? Ramirez won’t say, but the actor did brush up on Joaquín’s comic book history after landing the role of a lifetime. That’s what happened in the comics, at least. Taken under the rather literal wing of Sam Wilson, who was now headlining as Captain America, Joaquin soars to the skies in Sam’s previous mantle. The result was Joaquín becoming a half-human, half-falcon. Introduced in 2015 in the pages of Captain America: Sam Wilson by Nick Spencer and Daniel Acuña, Joaquín Torres is a Mexican immigrant who was kidnapped by an evil supergroup who conducted experiments on Joaquín using blood samples from Falcon’s own partner, Redwing (who is an actual falcon in the comics, as opposed to the MCU’s drone version of Redwing). But who will take up the wings of Sam’s previous identity, The Falcon? Well, that’s where Joaquín Torres (might) come in. The finale, set to air Friday, April 23, will wrap up the show’s first season and will more than likely end with Sam Wilson taking up the shield as the new Captain America of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. I’m getting texts from friends saying, ‘Wow this show is not pulling punches.’ I think that makes it exceptionally special.” “It’s you sitting there once a week having an amazing adventure but also not shy away from the conversation that needs to be had, which is a conversation with Sam, with Bucky, with Joaquín. ![]() It’s a Marvel show, Ramirez says, but it’s a show with a point. “There’s not a lot of superhero storylines that bring in the zeitgeist and the current social-political climate, especially in the U.S. “It’s an incredibly important show, especially in the times we’re in right now,” Ramirez says of the series’ bold exploration of systemic racism and the maltreatment of war veterans, all through the Marvel filter. “I was told not to get straight into that, but just to know there’s a nice little nod in some regard there.” ![]() Set after the events of Avengers: Endgame, the second Marvel series on Disney+ follows Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) as they fight a group of anarchists who feel alienated after the world-altering event known as “The Blip.” Standing in their way is a “new” Captain America, a soldier named John Walker (Wyatt Russell) who has just shown he is unfit to carry the shield. “It’s a privilege to be someone’s sidekick to someone you respect and you’re just geeked out about.” “When I met Anthony, I was like, ‘There’s something real with that through-line,’” Ramirez says. Air Force, in the newest Marvel series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier on Disney+. Still, the young actor feels spiritually connected to his latest onscreen role of Joaquín Torres, a member of the U.S. “I feel like there’s going to be something fun with this,” he tells Inverse, “that I don’t want to even lean in yet. But he’s nonetheless excited for his Marvel movie future. ![]() Capcom - his biggest entryway into the Marvel Universe - for fear of saying too much. The 28-year-old actor, a Chicago native of mixed Mexican and Colombian descent, won’t spill to Inverse even his favorite fighters in the retro arcade game Marvel vs. ![]()
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