Marvel Star Sebastian Stan Says He Was 'Saved' by $65,000 Residuals From Hot Tub Time Machine Before Playing Winter Solder

Sebastian Stan has revealed his vocation struggles earlier landing the important Marvel Cinematic Universe relation of the Winter Solder.

Speaking to Vanity Fair, Stan said helium was “saved” by a $65,000 residuals outgo from Hot Tub Time Machine earlier helium played James "Bucky" Barnes successful the archetypal Captain America movie. Stan was antagonist Blaine successful the 2010 American subject fabrication comedy, past went connected to prima alongside Captain America histrion Chris Evans successful 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger.

“I was really struggling with work,” Stan said. “I had conscionable gotten disconnected the telephone with my concern manager, who told maine I was saved by $65,000 that came successful residuals from Hot Tub Time Machine.”

MCU main Kevin Feige told Vanity Fair that Marvel Studios was keen connected Stan for the Winter Soldier relation contempt being a comparative chartless astatine the time.

“You could spot that helium has truthful overmuch wrong him and truthful overmuch down his eyes. I’ll ne'er hide that,” Feige said. “I said to Stephen Broussard, who was 1 of the producers connected Captain America, ‘He’s going to beryllium a bully Bucky, but he’s going to beryllium a large Winter Soldier.’ ”

Stan went connected to reprise his relation for 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, the Avengers movies, this year’s Captain America: Brave New World, and is acceptable to play the superhero erstwhile again successful adjacent month’s Thunderbolts. Stan’s sanction was among those to look successful Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday formed reveal, truthful we tin expect Bucky to instrumentality astir the MCU for immoderate clip yet.

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