The original script for Captain America 3 was rejected by Kevin Feige

Kevin Feige turned down Captain America 3’s original script

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It looks like Captain America 3 was supposed to go down in a much different way than it did.

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According to Nate Moore, the original script for the third film in the Captain America series wasn't supposed to adapt the Civil War storyline.

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Moore explained the storyline would've revolved around the Madbomb and Baron Zemo.

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In the original script, the titular character and the Winter Soldier were to put a stop to the dangerous device.

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However, Kevin Feige stepped in and nixed that idea, insisting that they should focus on the Civil War instead.

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In the end, the Marvel Studios head was right as Civil War set the MCU's future up and made over a billion at the global box office.

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