While chatting with THR at the premiere, Tim Blake Nelson talks about the excitement he felt in reprising his role as Samuel Sterns in 'Captain America: Brave New World.' Plus, he shares what it was like returning to the MCU and his son Eli talks about what he remembers from being on set of 'The Incredible Hulk.'
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00:00I mean, this is pretty cool. What are we, 17 years later and we're back at the premiere.
00:04I am absolutely delighted that I got called back in to play this part. I had
00:12accepted that I wasn't coming back. I had mourned that. And to get to play this role again was a
00:19complete surprise. And when Nate and Kiana called me a few years ago and said, we're bringing back
00:27Samuel Stearns, I did figurative somersaults. I mean, it's interesting. I went back and
00:36watched The Incredible Hulk last night and it's very interesting to watch because you can feel
00:41the infancy of the MCU starting to form and that ending moment with RDJ. So what has it been like
00:46for you sitting back and kind of seeing how big it's gotten and now getting to come back in the
00:51sandbox and see how different it is now? What Marvel has accomplished is unprecedented in
00:56cinema history. There are certainly very successful franchises, but not with interrelated
01:07movies and storylines reflected in the original IP that then materialize in this lattice of movies.
01:18The way that Kevin and his team have accomplished. I'm excited I was there at the beginning
01:26to get to come back and take part in that incredible accomplishment in this later stage.
01:35I couldn't be happier. I have no idea how old you are. So I'm not and I'm bad at math.
01:40Were you like on the set back and like you remember anything about? Not really. I think I was
01:46four or five at the time, something like that. And I don't know. Certainly my ability to perceive
01:54of his roles is a lot better now than it was when I was in kindergarten, you know.
02:02But I don't know. I just remember seeing him with the big head and that's about it.
02:10Do you have any memorabilia in the house?
02:13Marvel memorabilia or? Yeah, I don't think any much that he knows of.
02:20I have a lot of the old comics. Now he'll probably end up with them actually.
02:25If we were to do it since it's been a while, if we did a previously on Dr. Samuel Stearns,
02:29what has he been up to? He has not been sitting around feeling sorry for himself.
02:36He's been working on stuff. He's been working on stuff and it's revealed in this movie in a pretty
02:41profound and exciting way. I can't wait to see it. Thanks so much. You bet.