The Falcon & The Winter Soldier Cut Story Details Finally Confirmed After 2 Years Of Rumors

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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's cut story centered around Sam and Bucky stopping a fast-spreading disease, but it was removed from the show.
The cancellation of location work in Puerto Rico due to an earthquake and the pandemic impacted the MCU series.
Despite rumors, the decision to remove the disease plotline was not directly related to the coronavirus pandemic, according to showrunner Malcolm Spellman.

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's cut story has finally been revealed. In 2021, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's showrunner confirmed the existence of a lost story, though no information was given about what that plot would have been about. After long speculation regarding what the Marvel Cinematic Universe's lost story entailed, new details confirm that past rumors were accurate.
According to the MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios book, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's lost story included Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes "rushing to stop a fast-spreading disease." When the MCU TV series was first released, rumors about the show's cut story claimed the series would have seen The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's villain group — the Flag Smashers — weaponize a virus, which lines up with the new MCU reveal. Check out the full quote below:

“‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ had already canceled location work in Puerto Rico after a devastating earthquake in January 2020. The pandemic not only forced the show to abort a shoot in Prague but made a planned plotline about the heroes rushing to stop a fast-spreading disease feel a bit too close to reality. (Spellman acknowledged that the series had removed the side story, although he said that it wasn’t because of the coronavirus.)”

Your browser does not support the video tag. How The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’s Cut Story Would Have Changed The Show

By the time The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's ending came along, the Flag Smashers were a boring set of villains. Now, the reveal that the series cut its virus storyline perfectly explains why that happened. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier showed that the Flag Smashers, led by Karli Morgenthau, were not afraid to get their hands bloody to bring the world back to how it was during the Blip.
The Flag Smashers blew up a building with innocent people inside, as well as attempted to kidnap politicians that were taking part in The Patch Act vote — a legislation that would have forced citizens displaced by the Blip to return to their home countries. While those actions worked to set the path that the Flag Smashers were following, the villain group's ultimate plan remained undefined.
Had The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's cut story made its way into the series, with the Flag Smashers unleashing a deadly, fast-spreading disease, the threat the villains posed to Sam, Bucky, and the entire MCU would have risen to the next level. While the cut story would have helped make The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's villains better, the plot could have made viewers uncomfortable due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the virus plot removed from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the series and its villains suffered for it.
Source: MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios
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