The Falcon and the Winter Soldier showrunner Malcolm Spellman says that the show’s presumed big bad, Baron Zemo, thinks he’s the hero. Following the whirlwind that was WandaVision’s 9-episode run, Phase 4 of the MCU will continue with its next Disney+ series, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Like WandaVision, the show will take place after the Infinity Saga, following Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) and Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) as the latter struggles to take up the mantle bestowed upon him by an elderly Captain America. Complicating matters will be Baron Zemo/Helmut Zemo (Daniel Brühl), who already has a history with both Wilson and Barnes.
Zemo made his debut in Captain America: Civil War as a former Sokovian special forces operative who lost his family during the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron. Because of this, he wants revenge against the Avengers and uses Barnes as a catalyst for the conflict between Captain American and Iron Man. The last we saw of Zemo, he had been captured by Black Panther and turned over to the international Joint Counter Terrorist Centre (affiliated with the CIA). It would appear Zemo has either escaped custody or is a free man in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, wearing a comics-accurate purple mask and causing trouble for our heroes.
During a recent interview with Comicbook, Spellman explained that Zemo thinks he’s the hero. When asked about how Zemo’s new look honors his comic-book origins while adhering to the character’s evolution in the MCU, Spellman spoke on Zemo’s past, alluding to how his life was destroyed by heroes he views as villains:
“[It] all just became tangled into one personal storyline of a man whose country, city and family were destroyed by superheroes who he views as villains, right? And so Zemo believes he's a hero in this series. You know what I'm saying? And all of that is tethered to something very very personal for him and I got to say, man, Daniel Brühl, like, you know Sebastian and Anthony can take everything out of the park but Daniel Brühl was like I'm going to steal every scene I'm in if I can. He was great.”
In addition to revenge, Zemo was very much motivated by the Sokovia Accords’ genesis: a lack of superhero oversight. With the planet and its various governments spun out of wack post-Blip, it’s possible that Zemo escaped custody. Wilson and Barnes will reportedly face-off against Flag-Smasher, the leader (or at least the muscle) of an anti-nationalist organization known as ULTIMATUM. Given Zemo’s history of manipulation, he could be secretly controlling ULTIMATUM.
One comic storyline from the ‘80s sees Steve Rogers step down and be replaced by John Walker – who is manipulated into destroying the public image of Captain America by Red Skull. As seen by teasers and leaks, the government ignores Wilson’s shield and picks Walker to be the new Cap. Zemo could also stand in for Red Skull, driven by the same motives he displayed in Captain America: Civil War. By instigating a conflict between the government, Walker, and Wilson, Zemo can tarnish a trusted symbol and galvanize people into rejecting idyllic notions associated with superheroes and nationalism. How old man Rogers plays into this remains to be seen. Regardless, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s Zemo is equipped with the one thing that makes everyone feel like a hero: an argument.
Source: Comicbook
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