John Walker, played by Wyatt Russell, seems to have some sort of agenda which has not been revealed to the audience just yet, resulting in some strong reactions toward the new Cap. We interview The Falcon and The Winter Soldier star Amy Aquino about her role as Dr. Raynor, the show's compelling therapy angle, and more. Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), the WWII vet and formerly brainwashed assassin, has been through the ringer, and his turmoil continues in Marvel’s Disney+ series … Amy Aquino plays Bucky’s court-appointed therapist, Dr. Christina Raynor, in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. And it's one of the things that really appealed to me about Dr. Raynor, is the fact that she is a former soldier. She is currently Senior TV Editor at Collider, and her work has also been published by Vulture, Variety, The AV Club, The Hollywood Reporter, IGN, The Verge, and Thought Catalog. KEEP READING: On 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's Curiously Iffy Relationship With Therapy. In Episode 2 of the show, Dr. Raynor even intervenes in […] - March 30, 2021 05:52 pm EDT. So she's coming with experience with trauma, and with PTSD, and with credibility when it comes to someone having to deal with being forced to kill people. AMY AQUINO: Yes. Aquino's time with the series may have run its course following Episode 2, The Star-Spangled Man, as she was quick to tell ComicBook.com, "I can say everything I know about the show, because I know as much as you do." ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’: Amy Aquino on Bucky’s Life or Death Situation, Her Character’s Backstory, and More [Interview] Tags. New episodes release on all major podcast every Friday afternoon. For more Marvel chatter, subscribe to ComicBook.com's Phase Zero podcast. while preparing for her role as Dr. Raynor. All rights reserved. Which is Bucky's story. As we learned from talking to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier director Kari Skogland, series stars Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan were given a fair amount of freedom on set when it came to their scenes together as the titular superpowered odd couple. Nerdist’s Hector Navarro sits down with The Falcon and Winter Soldier stars Wyatt Russell (“John Walker”) and Amy Aquino … Taking a look back at her work, Aquino seems to have had a great time with the Marvel family and already has fun ideas about where Dr. Raynor could come in handy. But while she's played therapists before, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier offered a fresh spin on the challenge, as it's established from the beginning that Dr. Raynor isn't just a therapist, but a former soldier who still keenly remembers the life. But I guess I like asking people uncomfortable questions. "Sebastian's fantastic, but of course his character in this thing and a very different personality," she says. Mar. Falcon and Winter Soldier's Amy Aquino on Sam and Bucky's Couples Therapy: 'All of This Gold Was Coming Out' Wednesday, March 31 - 6:52 PM TVLine 'The Falcon and the Winter Solider's' Amy Aquino opens up about Sam and Bucky's couples therapy moment. 31 Amy Aquino revealed that the therapy session from “Episode 2” of 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldiers was mostly improvised by Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie. The graduate of Harvard and Yale universities has appeared in television series such as Brooklyn Bridge, ER, and Being Human, and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role in Picket Fences. By Joe Deckelmeier Published 8 minutes ago. Amy Aquino (born March 20, 1957) is an American television, film, and stage actress. The two of them together... first of all, as human beings, they were lovely and they were very, very welcoming considering we had never met, but as actors so generous, so immediate, so in the moment. 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[WARNING: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Season 1, Episode 2, “The Star-Spangled Man.”] Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), the WWII vet and formerly brainwashed assassin, has been through the ringer, and his turmoil continues in Marvel’s Disney+ series The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Veteran actress Amy Aquino joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. I've played some other therapists. Keep your eyes and ears peeled as they dive into the enormity of joining a Marvel project, Karli’s motivations, who is threatening her, Dr. Raynor’s ‘superpowers,’ and so much more! Now, those would be some cool stories. If you need to kill them, you need to kill them. Meet Marvel's Fabled "Black Captain America". Excellent. In Marvel Studios‘ “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” Amy Aquino plays Dr. Christina Raynor, a no-nonsense military therapist tasked with the unenviable job of rehabilitating Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) from spending roughly 70 years as the Winter Soldier, a brainwashed assassin for Hydra. It makes her well-suited to try to help Bucky process his past, and also, as Aquino tells Collider below, meant the actress got a front-row seat for the Mackie and Stan show. Aquino's resume is packed with a wide range of roles that do often, as she explains below, fall into one of two categories: medical or law enforcement. So, I think it'd be really interesting to get down to what's going on in his brain, because he's obviously very conflicted about this.". You know that classic setup, but on Marvel's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier… The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is streaming now on Disney+. Variety - In Marvel Studios’ “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” Amy Aquino plays Dr. Christina Raynor, a no-nonsense military therapist tasked with the … How ‘Bosch’ Helped Amy Aquino Prepare for ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ - Flipboard The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s already infamous Wyatt Russell, Erin Kellyman and Amy Aquino join Cinemablend’s Managing Editor Sean O’Connell to discuss the new Marvel and Disney+ show. They just had to be in the moment of doing it. That is exactly true. "From the minute Anthony [Mackie] walks in, because it's like, boom, even before we're doing the lines, he is just this force of joy and energy and enthusiasm," Aquino recalls, having played a key role the show's second episode which was also a major part of the show's advertising. Liz Shannon Miller is a Los Angeles-based writer and editor, and has been talking about television on the Internet since the very beginnings of the Internet. So that was largely improv. 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If not the newly appointed Captain America, Aquino would love to sit in her chair as Dr. Raynor and have a sceene with "anybody from Wakanda." This was pretty apparent in the scene in Episode 2, "The Star-Spangled Man," which features Bucky and Sam confronting their issues with each other. These two have had plenty of ups and downs before 'Falcon and the Winter Soldier.' Actor Amy Aquino explains what it was like to film with Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan. Covering the hottest movie and TV topics that fans want. New 'Loki' Images Introduce the TVA, a.k.a. Amy Aquino plays Bucky’s court-appointed therapist, Dr. Christina Raynor, in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Amy Aquino Interview: Falcon & Winter Soldier. Amy Aquino said that she really wants to explore the dynamic of her character with John Walker in 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.' The Falcon and the Winter Soldier may revolve around Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), but it’s John Walker (Wyatt Russell) who … In the upcoming original series from Marvel Studios, the ER and Bosch star plays a … I've been a professional, I've been either in medicine/therapy, or I've been in law enforcement a lot. So it was really delightful. In Episode 2 of the show, Dr. Raynor even intervenes in the […] The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV Mini-Series 2021) - Amy Aquino as Dr. Raynor - IMDb. It doesn't matter if you look that person in the eye and you think that, "Oh my gosh, this is a human being and they probably have a family." I didn't know. But he’s getting help, including… That's what a soldier is. The go-to source for comic book and superhero movie fans. As we learned from talking to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier … Follow her on Twitter at @lizlet. It's a pleasure to speak with you, especially given that you've had one of those careers where you've been in so many different projects — it seems like this is not the first time you've played a therapist, but it's definitely the first time you played a therapist with this background. (Most of those character names are preceded by either "Dr.", "Judge," or "Lieutenant.") There you go. Backward Compatibility With Cloud Gaming for Xbox Game Pass Members Is Here; What Games Can You Access? AQUINO: In those scenes, we all knew what the shape of the scene was supposed to be and what they needed to do and eventually get to, but the director, Kari, who's brilliant, they had to be able to just improv that within it, find their moments, just do it. The animated comedy spin-off has also been renewed for a third season, ahead of the Season 2 premiere this August. Over the past 10+ years that the MCU has been around, the franchise has made some references to mental health; for example, viewers saw Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) have a panic attack in Iron … 'Star Trek: Lower Decks' Season 2 Trailer Teases More Captain Riker and More "Sci-Fi Stuff", Here's How Much of That 'The Falcon and the Winter Solder' Episode 2 Therapy Scene Was Improv, 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier': Who Is Isaiah Bradley? Aquino admitted how surprised she was by that strict terms in her Marvel non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that "she had to sign:" "Oh my god! Watch our full interview with Aquino in the video above. Because they're not sticking to exactly the script, and if there's great stuff going on, then you don't want to cut it off, you want to let it go. "Frankly right now in this moment in time, I think I'd really like to work on the new Captain America, because he's got a lot of things that he's working on," Aquino says. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s already infamous Wyatt Russell, Erin Kellyman and Amy Aquino join Cinemablend’s Managing Editor Sean O’Connell to … In Marvel Studios’ “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” Amy Aquino plays Dr. Christina Raynor, a no-nonsense military therapist tasked with the unenviable job of rehabilitating Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) from spending roughly 70 years as the Winter Soldier, a brainwashed assassin for Hydra. That was all these years of their relationship. Disney+ Actress Amy Aquino reveals the lengths Marvel goes to keep its secrets and spills on filming the couples therapy scene with the two … the Team Tasked With Wrangling an Asgardian, 'Godzilla vs. Charles Barkley' Is the 'Godzilla vs. Kong' Sequel We Deserve, The Russo Brothers Break Down the Making of ‘Cherry’ and the Debate Surrounding That Graphic Tom Holland Shot, How the MCU Was Made: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ and Marvel’s Big Gamble, Exclusive: Watch Robert Kirkman Interview Frank Miller About His Career, From Batman to Hollywood, on Collider Connections, ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Review: Good Monster Brawls and Not Much Else. Screen Rant recently spoke with The Falcon And the Winter Soldier's Amy Aquino, who had a lot to say about the fact that the MCU is diving deeper into the conversation surrounding mental health. I just sat and just interjected when it seemed appropriate, because it could have gone on for an hour!". What was it like shooting the sequence in Episode 2, where basically it's just Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan playing opposite each other? In that scene, of course, a third character was present — Dr. Christina Raynor (Amy Aquino), the therapist who attempts to use couples counseling techniques to get these two men to talk to each other. So that was very, very interesting to me. There was no way to completely do it according to a script. RELATED: 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier': Who Is Isaiah Bradley? Falcon and Winter Soldier's Amy Aquino on Sam and Bucky's Couples Therapy: 'All of This Gold Was Coming Out' By Keisha Hatchett / March 31 2021, 3:52 PM PDT Disney+ screenshot. They're terrific at ad-libbing and doing improv together, so they keep it very organic and real," she said to Collider. Falcon And Winter Soldier: Amy Aquino Describes MCU Therapy Roles . Actor Amy Aquino explains what it was like to film with Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan. My other favorite role, frankly, in my career, maybe my favorite, was the therapist that I played in Felicity, which was completely the opposite. In an interview with TooFab, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier actor Amy Aquino shared that she "had no idea how secretive [the experience] was going to be!" If Aquino is being honest about us all having seen the entirety of her role in the series already (claiming to have completed a role when more is on the way has become a popular tactic to prevent spoilers from leaking), Aquino has ideas about which characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe might be most interesting to have therapy scenes with. "I mean, he's got a lot of issues and I know him, so I know the background, so I can call him on... because we serve together. How much was there in terms of improv? But I think this is the first time I'm playing a soldier. 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