Captain America: Civil War - 10 Characters That Could Steal The Show

Meet the wildcards of Marvel's superhero showdown.

By Rob Leane /

Ever since Chris Evans€™ Steve Rogers asked Robert Downey, Jr€™s Tony Stark, €œBig man in a suit of armour; take that away, what are you?€ during The Avengers, fans of Marvel Studios movies have longed to see Captain America and Iron Man really, properly fight. Not just with words, but with their full arsenal of weapons and skills. Captain America: Civil War - due out in just a couple months - is finally going to show the star-spangled man and the genius playboy philanthropist going toe-to-toe. Because of this, a lot of hype surrounding the movie has centred on the huge "Who will win?" question. This means that audiences might not have given much thought to the rest of the Civil War€™s sprawling cast. Instead of asking "Who will win?" or "Whose side are you on?", it€™s now time to ask "Which other characters will steal the film from right under Cap and Tony€™s noses?" The surprise MVP of the movie could be a superhero, a villain, or something else entirely.

10. Ant-Man

Paul Rudd€™s Scott Lang€™s debut outing last year felt like a breath of fresh air after the doom and gloom of Avengers: Age Of Ultron€™s Sokovian catastrophe conclusion. Ant-Man offered us a lighter tone and more genuinely funny lines, essentially steering the Marvel Cinematic Universe back towards the things that made everyone fall in love with Robert Downey, Jr. in Iron Man. In Civil War, it's looking like Paul Rudd€™s Ant-Man will keep this comedic tomfoolery up, even as the superhero community turns on itself in the huge battle of the title - reports of footage point towards Lang stealing the show with some majorly funny moments. Scott will be seriously star-struck upon meeting the likes of Captain America, and will nervously tell them as much with some awkward dialogue. Auediences typically love this sort of thing (remember the outpouring of love when Coulson told Cap about this €˜near mint€™ collectable cards?), so if Rudd can bring a fanboy sense of glee to Captain America: Civil War, he could well become the film's breakout star.