9 Robert Redford things that might influence his Captain America 2 role

As the ageing actor and Sundance founder is confirmed for a mystery role in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we take a look at his back catalogue to see what kind of S.H.I.E.L.D. team member he might be playing. Maybe.

Blue Jacket - Captain Brassbound's Conversion (TV Movie, 1960)

I don't know what this is, and I don't know what kind of power a coloured garment would bestow, but typing "blue jacket" into google returns the following image:


And now all I want to see is Robert Redford playing a surly, gun-toting Native American.
Dick Hart - Perry Mason (TV Series, 1960)

His witty catchphrase could be "a Dick in the Hart is better than a dick in the hand," or something to that effect. Why were so many people in the '60s called Dick? Poor foresight.
Don Parritt - The Iceman Cometh (TV Movie, 1960)

I'm assuming The Iceman whom doth cometh is a supervillain who shoots balls of ice from his hands while quoting Shakespeare, and I'm pretty good at assuming things. No further research required here.

Mark Hadley - Dr. Kildare (TV Series, 1962)

A doctor whose surname is a combination of doing some killing and being some daring? I wonder if he went to the same university where Nick Fury studied anger management.
Captain Hank Wilson - Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious (1965)

Is there a name more American than 'Captain Hank Wilson'? Actually maybe the name Captain America is, and I doubt they'd upstage him in his own film. So, er, moving on...

Christopher Cooper - Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)

"Willie Boy is here to save the day!" - nobody ever.
The Condor - Three Days of the Condor (1975)

They could totally work the other condor-based superhero, Condorman, into this one, and give them some convoluted backstory like they're cousins from space or something. Super space cuzes. I've read a comic before, they do this sort of thing all the time.
Sonny Steele - The Electric Horseman (1979)

Now this is more like it. I'm imagining a chariot pulled by hellstallions that shoot lightning from their hooves, and Redford's character has a whip that also shoots lightning. Also lightning bolts come from spikes on the wheels. He's avenging his dead uncle.


Warren Justice - Up Close & Personal (1996)

The potential for self-referential quippery is through the roof. But alas Mr. Justice's tale is one of sorrow, after being kicked out of medical school for performing unnecessary rectal exams on stroke victims. He'll never live up to his twin brother, Dr. Kildare.

So there we have it; Robert Redford looks set to play a badass Native American Army Ranger tracker Commanche, who has a lightning bolt whip and lives in the shadow of his more famous doctor brother. You read it here first, and probably wish you hadn't.