Captain America Hulks Out
A while back, The Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier claimed that a scene was shot in which Bruce Banner travels in the arctic. In the scene, the filmmaker hid one heck of a red, white and blue easter egg: Captain America buried beneath the ice, shield and all. The film’s producer Gale Anne Hurd later denied the claim, saying that "Captain America was not visible in that scene."
Welp, time to call bull puckey on that line of defense. Film School Rejects got their mittens on a copy of the Incredible Hulk DVD (available on October 21 and one we’ll be reviewing here soon) and watched the scene in question. Sure enough, Steve Rogers himself is indeed in the film, though you might need a magnifying glass and a few stiff drinks to catch the cameo.
Towards the end of the 2:25 long scene, an avalanche occurs that crashes at the camera. It’s during this sequence that Captain America’s star-spangled body can be seen just beneath the ice. Looks like Letterier has won this round, Ms. Hurd.
For those keeping track, this marks three direct references to Captain America in the Marvel Studios film lore thus far. In Iron Man, there’s a brief shot featuring the fabled Avenger’s shield in Tony’s workshop. In Hulk, there are two mentions of Corporal Rogers: the use of "super soldier serum" by Emil Blonksy and, of course, the hero’s newly discovered icy tomb.
If these references are to be taken as canon, then Hulk‘s snowy prologue takes place before the events of Iron Man, since Steve’s shield is buried beneath the ice. That implies that Rogers’ body was discovered at some point between the two films, possibly before Tony Stark is fully immersed as Iron Man. Keeping the two films’ endings in mind, namely Tony’s encounter with Nick Fury and his conversation with General Ross, it’s possible that The Avengers are already in place by the time The Incredible Hulk concludes. Perhaps, then, the superhero team-up feature will take place soon after Hulk’s ending with the Avengers pursuing the Jade Giant.
So, has Marvel tipped its hand and revealed how the cards are falling together on screen, or do we just have too much time on our hands? Tell us what you think below!
There's also the possibility that the shield we saw in Iron Man is a copy, one of the ones made for the approximately 158 people who posed as Cap in the years between his disappearance and rediscovery. Stark may well have been part of the team who attempted to duplicate the One True Shield's unique properties, which he then tried to pass through to his armor.
I dig that idea for sure, especially because it'd be cool to see the multiple Captain Americas explored in a Cap sequel.
In terms of this picture alone, I'm really skeptical. All it is is a a blur (maybe someone preparing to cherry-dive if you really try). I can't see anything like a shield, let alone something to identify it even being a person. Maybe if someone outlined it or something like that to make it clearer, it might work. Even then, a Capt. America movie is already guaranteed, just like a Thor movie (Both are gonna be F*CKING AMAZING), but this little sh*t smear is'nt doing anything for me.