Frank Grillo Officially Cast As Crossbones In Marvel’s ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’!

Lat Frank Grillo, who you may know best from Warrior, The Grey and End Of Watch, tweeted about a meeting that the actor has with Marvel Studios for a role in the upcoming highly anticipated Captain America: The Winter Soldier. This led to speculation that the actor would be playing the role of the villain Crossbones in the upcoming sequel. Well, exciting news has just hit because that speculation has turned out to be true. Variety has confirmed that the actor will indeed be portraying Crossbones on the big screen.

Frank Grillo confirmed as Crossbones in Marvel’s CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER.

— Marc Graser (@marcgraser) October 29, 2012

This is definitely exciting news and Grillo is an awesome choice for the role. Our anticipation levels just went up a bit over here at Geekscape.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier hits theaters April 4, 2104.