Sebastian Stan is nostalgic for the Marvel days of practical sets, no social media leaks

The Bucky Barnes actor said that earlier in his MCU tenure, movies used to film on a "practical level" and there wasn't a "magnifying glass" on the production.

Sebastian Stan is nostalgic for the Marvel days of practical sets, no social media leaks

Sebastian Stan has been a fixture in the Marvel Cinematic Universe for so long that he can recall the good old days of filming on practical sets and not worrying about a sneaky bystander leaking photos and videos on social media and spoiling major plot points. “That was an unbelievable time to be in Marvel,” Stan told GQ in a new interview published today. The wistful Bucky Barnes actor said he misses that period, when the superhero productions relied less on green screens, and actors weren’t forced to act opposite tennis balls instead of actual people. “I get very nostalgic about that time because everything we were doing [was] on a practical level,” he said. “Also, there wasn’t the magnifying glass [on the production] that there is now. You could shoot on location somewhere and the whole thing wouldn’t be online the next day.”

Stan joined the MCU as Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) best friend and eventual brainwashed Hydra agent in 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger. That movie was part of the franchise’s first phase, back when Marvel released only one or two films per year (and had yet to venture into television) and it didn’t feel like a chore to keep up with the whole interconnected saga. Press tours meant red carpet premieres, talk show appearances, and magazine covers—not biting into hot wings while being interviewed or filming TikToks and other social media content. For better or worse, since reprising his role as Bucky in a handful of films and the Disney+ series The Falcon And The Winter Soldier, he’s only become more of a fan favorite. “The walls started to feel like they were really closing in,” Stan told GQ about his rapidly growing MCU fame. Nowadays, Stan juggles his ongoing MCU duties with decidedly non-superhero fare, from playing Donald Trump to portraying a husband and father under pressure in Fjord. But he’s not done with comic-book adaptations yet. In addition to his return in Avengers: Doomsday, he’s also playing an undisclosed role in The Batman Part II (though people have their suspicions).

 
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