![]() When Bucky challenges Walker on whether he’s truly earned the right to become Captain America, the new guy declares, “I’ve done the work,” using the old canard of concerted effort as a fig leaf to excuse disparities in opportunity. John tells a reporter that, even though he never met his predecessor, Steve “feels like a brother” to him, something that’s anathema to Bucky ( Sebastian Stan), the closest thing the real Cap had to an actual brother. ![]() ![]() With one little smirk at the end of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s series premiere, John Walker instantly became audience enemy No. The new Cap carries that once-hallowed, now-purloined artifact, and the optics alone make him a walking symbol of long-standing injustices. Our first glimpse of John Walker cuts a visceral contrast between the African American Avenger chosen to be Steve’s successor by the man himself, with a lily white usurper chosen by the government. So, when some random new guy assumes that mantle, replete with the shield Falcon relinquished under false pretenses, he is, naturally, a magnet for the audience’s disdain. Handing that symbol of Steve’s accomplishments over to the Smithsonian was a sign that Sam intended to honor his friend’s legacy without taking on his mantle. Falcon relinquished the shield Steve Rogers gave to him out of an abiding respect for his friend, a sense that what the original Captain America accomplished was unique and personal. All John Walker ( Wyatt Russell) had to do to earn our ill will was not be Sam Wilson ( Anthony Mackie). He didn’t have to do anything for us to hate him. Warning:Major spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. ![]()
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