UFC welterweight champ Georges St-Pierre will apparently hit the big-screen by playing a villain in the next Captain America movie which is expected to hit theaters on April 4, 2014.
Latino Review (via MMAManaia.com) posted the exclusive news on Monday, noting that GSP will play “Batroc the Leaper,” one of the villains in the upcoming “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” movie.
Just got off the phone with my Marvel source who gave me an Exclusive scoop…
I’ve been told that mixed martial artist and current UFC Welterweight Champion, Georges St-Pierre aka GSP has been cast in Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”.
GSP will play one of the villains, Batroc the Leaper!!!
Here is a bit of info on the character.
Batroc has no superhuman abilities, but is in peak physical condition in every respect. He is an Olympic-level weightlifter and has extraordinary agility and reflexes. His leg muscles are particularly well-developed which enables him to leap great distances with the strength of an Olympic athlete. He is an expert hand-to-hand combatant and specializes in savate (French-style kickboxing). He is also a skilled military tactician, having formerly been in the French Foreign Legion.
Batroc is an experienced thief and smuggler, who also speaks French and English. Although, as a mercenary, he does not hesitate to perform any number of criminal acts for his clients, Batroc has, by his own rights, a strong sense of honor, and he will turn against any client whom he feels has unfairly deceived him into committing crimes to which he might not otherwise have agreed.
St-Pierre has already appeared in three low-budget movies such as “Death Warrior,” “Hell’s Chain” and “Never Surrender.”
Filming may put a wrench in No. 1 contender Johny Hendricks plans to square off with ‘Rush’ later this summer or early fall.