As news on production “Captain America: Brave New World” first outing in 2022Some fans were Concerned about the addition of the character Ruth Bat-Seraphalso known as Sabra (played by Shira Haas). In the comics, Sabra is an Israeli superhero working on behalf of the Israeli National Intelligence Agency, Mossad. The character’s comics have often been accused to perpetuate stereotypes on the Arabs and to glorify the actions of the Israeli government throughout the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The addition of Sabra to the franchise seemed to best seemed an annoying adjustment, giving Disney’s general trend to avoid serious and animated conflicts.
In a Recent interview with the NationalThe producer of “Captain America”, Nate Moore, has clarified what this new version of Sabra will be: “She is Israeli, but she is not Mossad. Now, she works in the American government.” He developed more:
“What we thought we were interesting is that many characters in the film revolve around President Thaddeus Ross [Harrison Ford] … Ruth works in the government under Ross, so his point of view on this character and Sam’s perspective have somehow collided them. She is Israeli of first generation, but she works in the United States government. “”
Sabra is no longer a mutant as if she were in the comics
Moore also clarified that Sabra, who generally fought alongside the X-Men as a mutant colleague in comics, is not a mutant in the next film. Instead, she will be a former black widow agent, with a story similar to what we saw with the black widow of Scarlett Johansson in her 2021 solo film. This means that Sabra will no longer have his comic powers, like his super force or her superhuman speed.
Moore pointed out that these changes to the character of Sabra did not have much to do with the decline in pro-Palestine or Pro-Israelis groups. Instead, they were due to the fact that the creators thought to adapt the film best and help the character better integrate into the Marvel cinematographic universe. He developed Marvel’s general approach to adapt comic strip characters to live action:
“We try to take the essence of a character but to reinterpret it in a way that we find interesting … When we made the film” Black Widow “, we realized that there was an opportunity to connect This mythology with the characters that we thought we were interesting and perhaps did not want to translate into one by one of the publication … The Ruth Bat-Seraph that you meet in the film has a lot, I would say, the attitude of the character of the publication, but the background is different. “
“Captain America: Brave New World” will be released in theaters on February 14, 2025.
