Wyatt Russell doubted he could play Captain America on Falcon and the Winter Soldier, says "the training was crazy"

Variety

“My first reaction was like, ‘Ewwohhh, I don’t know if I’m your guy to do that,'” Russell told Variety. “I kind of had some doubts.” Eventually, Russell came around, in part, as he explained to Variety, because Marvel made clear they didn’t want him to play Steve Rogers 2.0. So what's it like to handle the shield? "The training was crazy," he says. "The shield is very heavy and awkward. You don’t know where to put your hand sometimes. And that’s why you have this incredible stunt team. They can do backflips off a 10 story building. Anything you ask them to do, they can pretty much do. So I worked a lot with my stunt performer, Justin Eaton. We worked on a lot of shield work and footwork and all kinds of things to try and prepare us to look like we knew what we’re doing." ALSO: Citizen Watches announces a Falcon and the Winter Soldier-themed collection.