10 Insane MCU Rumours Everyone Wanted To Be True

10. Alexander Pierce Is Red Skull - Captain America: The Winter Soldier

The Rumour

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Marvel fans - and simply fans of good acting - were thrilled when Robert Redford was cast as prominent S.H.I.E.L.D. official Alexander Pierce in the second Captain America movie.

It wasn't long before Redford accidentally spoiled the fact that he was playing a secret villain, which in conjunction with one of the movie's action figure lines reportedly featuring the villain Red Skull, prompted the rumour that Pierce was actually Red Skull in disguise.

This was further bolstered by an alleged soundtrack leak which contained a track with the rather on-the-nose title, "Alexander Pierce is the Red Skull."

What Actually Happened

As incredible as it would've been to see Redford shed his skin to reveal a red noggin underneath - especially given Red Skull's history of infiltration in the comics - this was sadly 100% bunkum.

Pierce is indeed the movie's ultimate villain, but he's a strictly flesh-and-blood human bureaucrat who has been secretly working as Hydra's leader within S.H.I.E.L.D.

Redford knocked it out of the park regardless, and in fairness it's tough to imagine the legendary actor, almost 80 years of age at the time, wanting to bother with the extensive facial prosthetics required to play Red Skull.

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