The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 5 promised followers a cameo by a “well-known performer” taking part in a “grounded” character — and boy was that an understatement. While the earlier Disney+ Marvel Cinematic Universe sequence WandaVision was busy hyping up non-existent cameo appearances, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier greater than delivers on what its creator Malcolm Spellman and different studies teased. In reality, I’d go so far as to say that this cameo is in my prime three, subsequent to Matt Damon taking part in Loki in Thor: Ragnarok, and the return of J.Okay. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man: Far From Home. If you have not seen it, please go watch The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 5 earlier than you proceed studying.
Spoilers forward for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 5 “Truth”.
Falcon and Winter Soldier episode 5 cameo
Early into the newest The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode, after John Walker (Wyatt Russell) has been stripped of the Captain America title and his navy rank as a result of his episode 4 actions, he sits on a bench and complains to his spouse Olivia (Gabrielle Byndloss) about how the US authorities “doesn’t understand what it takes to be Captain America. It’s not like I’m just going to disappear.” Olivia tells him to focus and take issues one step at a time, however earlier than she will finisher her sentence, the Walkers are interrupted by somebody’s footsteps. Very loud heels certainly.
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A stranger wearing darkish purple from prime to backside approaches them and introduces herself as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine. “Actually, it’s Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine,” she provides. It’s Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the star of award-winning comedy sequence equivalent to Veep and Seinfeld. In reality, Louis-Dreyfus has gained eight Emmys for her appearing, together with six in a row for Veep. Marvel has a historical past of tapping comedians for its films and TV reveals — WandaVision villain Agatha Harkness, performed by Kathryn Hahn, was the newest — however that is as huge because it will get for the MCU.
Back to the cameo — Valentina then squeezes herself between Walker and his spouse, and then says that she would have performed the similar factor as him, again in Lativa: killing the Flag Smasher. Olivia interrupts her to ask who she is, however Valentina simply palms her a card with out even trying in her route. She continues chatting with Walker, telling him she is aware of that he took the Super Soldier Serum and provides: “It has made you very, very valuable to certain people. I actually think it was the second-best choice you’ve ever made in your life.”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 5
Photo Credit: Disney/Marvel Studios
The first best option? Valentina says it is tied with marrying the “fabulous firecracker” Olivia, although she’s actually toying with them. “Picking up the phone when I call you,” Valentina then provides to Walker, making it completely clear whom he works for now. Valentina then tells him to not fear about the protect — she is aware of he does not have it anymore — and then lets him on a “little dirty state secret”. The Captain America protect does not truly belong to the US authorities; it is a authorized gray space of kinds.
“I’ll be in touch,” Valentina says as she will get up and leaves. Olivia palms the card she received to Walker, who discovers that there is nothing on it. It’s simply black on one facet and white on the different. What’s that speculated to imply?
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Who is Valentina Allegra de Fontaine?
In the Marvel comics — in accordance with the official Marvel.com web site — Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine is an alias of a Russian spy who works for a secret community referred to as Leviathan. She and her household have been relocated to Italy throughout the Cold War and given their “de Fontaine” identities. After her spy dad and mom are supposedly killed by Russian brokers, Valentina would go on to be recruited by the newly-formed SHIELD and skilled as a brilliant spy in her personal proper.
But Valentina was in reality a double agent working for Leviathan. Valentina has had a future in Marvel comics, being a part of dozens of tales that includes Captain America and Nick Fury. She was even referred to as Madame Hydra at one level. But many of those are incompatible with the MCU given the time and place we’re now in. That stated, the MCU has a behavior of tweaking origin tales anyway, so do not anticipate any of this to play out as such. The solely factor that can seemingly maintain true is her Russian hyperlink, as a report by Vanity Fair has revealed.
Spoilers forward for an upcoming MCU film.
Immediately after The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 5 launched Friday, Vanity Fair stated that Louis-Dreyfus was first meant to look as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in Black Widow, the Scarlett Johansson-led standalone film. Black Widow was initially designed to launch previous to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, however the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has switched the order. Black Widow is now slated to debut (*5*)July 9 in cinemas and on Disney+ with Premier Access.
Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in the comics
Photo Credit: Marvel
Given Black Widow revolves round Natasha Romanoff’s (Johansson) hyperlinks to the Soviet spy coaching facility Red Room, evidently Louis-Dreyfus’ Valentina will retain her Russian origin story. What her story has been since stays unclear although. Vanity Fair wonders if Marvel will nonetheless hold her presence in Black Widow however it additionally claims that individuals aware of the matter have stated that Marvel has “big ambitions” for Louis-Dreyfus.
That means we’ll see much more of Valentina Allegra de Fontaine in the MCU Phase Four. Could she be the subsequent huge dangerous in the MCU? Or will she be restricted to the subsequent few films? Well, that is one thing we’ll simply have to attend to search out out.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 5 is now streaming on Disney+ and Disney+ Hotstar. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 6 — the sequence finale — releases on April 23 at 12:30pm IST / 12am PT.
Orbital, the Gadgets 360 podcast, has a double invoice this week: the OnePlus 9 sequence, and Justice League Snyder Cut (beginning at 25:32). Orbital is accessible on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.
