Who is Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in the comics? Image: Brian Michael Bendis, Jonathan Hickman, Stefano Caselli/Marvel Comics
The MCU could follow the comics almost anywhere from here. She and Everett ultimately aren’t too consequential to the plot, but in the grand scheme of things, this seems like little more than a pitstop for Fontaine as she moves toward her next appearances and her larger ambitions.Īs dedicated Marvel fans know, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier sets up Val as an anti-Nick Fury, recruiting John Walker’s disgraced “Captain America” for an unspoken initiative that could use his more violent instincts.
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In her quest to help the United States obtain Vibranium, Fontaine spends most of this movie as an enemy of Wakanda, suspecting them of sabotaging other country’s attempts at mining the mineral. In the movie, Fontaine is the new head of the CIA and the direct boss of her former husband Everett Ross (Martin Freeman), who’s been secretly passing along information to Wakanda ever since Shuri saves his life in the first movie. Image: Marvel Studiosįontaine’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever appearance is the most substantial role yet for Louis-Dreyfus’ time in the MCU, but it rides the same line of subtly sinister that she’s already captured so well in her first two cameos.
And now she’s back again in the Black Panther sequel. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier marked the first appearance by in the MCU, but not the last she also popped up in Black Widow’s mid-credits sequence where she recruited Florence Pugh’s Yelena into her service. If you’ve kept up with Marvel movies, you know that Fontaine just keeps popping up in one hero’s story or another. In fact, one of the MCU’s latest additions to the clandestine ranks is Contessa Allegra de Fontaine, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus of Seinfeld and Veep fame. John-Kamen’s Ghost debuted back in “Ant-Man and the Wasp,” and the last time we saw Stan’s Bucky was in “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.For all the superheroes and villains in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there’s never a shortage of regular (seeming) people working for the world’s various government organizations. Agent at the end of “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” and she sent Yelena on a mission to kill Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye in the post-credits scene of “Black Widow.” Harbour’s Red Guardian and Kurylenko’s Taskmaster were both introduced in 2021’s “Black Widow,” along with Pugh’s fan-favorite Yelena. Louis-Dreyfus’ scheming villain (with an outrageously long name) recruited U.S. Agent, Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster and Hannah John-Kamen as Ghost. The “Thunderbolts” cast includes Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes aka the Winter Soldier, David Harbour as Red Guardian, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as La Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine, Wyatt Russell as John Walker aka U.S.
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige announced an A-list crew of familiar cast members for the upcoming team-up film during Marvel’s D23 Expo panel on Saturday. The cast of “ Thunderbolts,” one of Marvel’s next major teams, is taking shape.
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