Solid actor Derek Luke will play the first Black Howling Commando, Gabe Jones in the Captain America flick.
Since there are only a few African American comic book characters from the Marvel universe during that time period, Blackfilm.com exclusively confirmed through a reliable source that Luke will playing Gabe Jones, an original member of the elite Howling Commandos combat squad of World War II.This is great, congrats Derek!
In an early 2010 interview with Chud.com, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige had stated that Jones would be part of the film but had not cast the role at the time.
As the first African-American to serve in an integrated unit, Jones, who was also known for carrying his trumpet into battle, is one of the close confidantes to Sergeant Nick Fury, who would later become the head of the organization S.H.I.E.L.D. Jones would later join him as an agent.
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1 comment:
Now this is an excellent bit of casting.
Fine actor.
Cute as hell.
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