“Candyman” revival director Nia DaCosta has pointed a finger at Chris Evans’ Captain America as the man to blame for Thanos’ ‘Snap’ in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Speaking with Inverse, the filmmaker discussed the nature of unwilling martyrs in both the superhero genre and her work, she says the one in “Candyman” is a hero as such “especially in the way we shifted his lore a bit in my film”.
Captain America’s role in Thanos’ mission during “Avengers: Infinity War” on the other hand she sees more along villainous lines:
“Something I like to say a bit flippantly about Captain America is that the Snap is all his fault because he was trying to do his best, trying to do the right thing. There is a world in which he’s a villain because, at the end of the day, he should have just sacrificed Vision.
He chose one robot’s life, albeit a sentient one, over literally the entire universe. There’s a sort of anti-hero in that if you want to look at it through that lens. People would say I’m crazy for thinking that way, but there’s something connected to the journey of the anti-hero and the hero. The hero’s pain is something that spurs them to martyr themselves, and an anti-hero’s pain is a thing that kind of starts their journey as opposed to ending it.”
It’s an interesting choice. Others have pointed to decisions made by other characters in the film, most notably by Chris Pratt’s Star-Lord, as the moment that could’ve stopped Thanos’ genocidal plan from coming to fruition.
DaCosta isn’t some non-dan either, she’s a big supporter of the company and their works, and proud of it:
“I like to call myself Marvel trash. Actually, my friends call me that. I will go see all the movies. Even if it’s bad, I’m like, ‘Well, there are some good things about this.’ I grew up with the comics. I grew up watching the Spider-Man cartoon and the Fantastic Four. I knew a lot about the Marvel universe in general.”
DaCosta is presently filming the “Captain Marvel” sequel “The Marvels” which sees Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) teaming with Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) and Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani). That movie opens on February 17th 2023.
