With the arrival of Captain America: The First Avenger on DVD and Blu-ray this week, there's plenty of buzz about cut scenes and plans for the upcoming sequel.

There is already talk about Sebastian Stan returning as Bucky Barnes, this time as a mind-controlled assassin named the Winter Soldier.

Bucky Barnes as the Winter Soldier

Also, there may be a team-up with the Falcon, one of Marvel's high-flying African American crime-fighters.

A classic cover from Captain America and the Falcon

But the production team is most excited about the return of the evil Arnim Zola so wonderfully played by actor Toby Jones. The villainous scientist was a cohort of the Red Skull's in the feature film, but in the comic book world, he was the guinea pig for a special experiment by a dastardly group called A.I.M. (Advanced Idea Mechanics) to create the perfect killing machine. Bizarrely, this resulted in a massive floating head in a chair.

"There wasn't a sequence with Master Man (one of Captain America's classic villains) that ended up on the cutting room floor or anything," laughed Markus. "But there was an endless array of scenes we could've drawn from, and may draw from in the future. I'm not being cryptic when I say that, either - I'm just being a comic book geek. For example, some day, whether it be in an 'Iron Man' movie or a 'Captain America' movie or any other Marvel movie, I want to see M.O.D.O.K. float down the hall."

For those who aren't familiar with Captain America's rogues gallery, M.O.D.O.K. (Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing) is a recurring villain whose appearance is that of a gigantic head encased in a cybernetic suit with miniature arms and legs and rockets that propel it around. The character is a fan-favorite nemesis for Steve Rogers that debuted in a 1967 issue of Tales of Suspense and was created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee.

Asked whether M.O.D.O.K. really is the character they're most looking forward to seeing on the big screen, the pair couldn't be more enthusiastic about the giant, floating head facing off against the iconic supersoldier.

"Yeah, I'm voting M.O.D.O.K.," laughed Markus.

"You know what? 'Vote M.O.D.O.K.' is a t-shirt I would wear," agreed McFeely.

However, while M.O.D.O.K. was never actually included in their original "Captain America" script, there were a few classic villains that were planned for the first film, only to be removed in subsequent drafts. The pair previously revealed that evil despot Baron Zemo was in an early draft, but he wasn't the only sinister side character in those versions of the script.

"Baron Strucker was in there for a while, but he wasn't doing enough to justify wasting him in the film," said McFeely. "We certainly tried things, and ended up settling on the more useful Red Skull and Arnim Zola."

"But they're all still on the table," he teased.

Finally, the pair offered up some insight regarding one particular character who did make the cut, and was introduced in a nice tip of the hat to his incarnation in the comics world.

In the comics world, Captain America villain Arnim Zola often appears as a large, humanoid robot with a large monitor in his chest that depicts Zola's face. In the film, actor Toby Jones plays Arnim Zola, who is first seen in the film staring through a large lens - a nice nod to his comics counterpart.

"That was in the first draft, too," said McFeely of the comics-friendly angle to Zola's introduction. "As soon as we knew it was going to be Zola, we wanted to make sure his intro was on a screen like that."

"We wanted to tip our hat to his later incarnation without including it in the film, because when you have a guy with a red skull for a head who's supposed to be the most horrifying thing in the story, you can't have a robot man walking around," laughed Markus. "So yeah, Zola had to be a person in this movie."

"Captain America: The First Avenger" arrives on DVD and Blu-Ray this Tuesday, October 25.
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