Christopher Markus has revealed that Nick Fury was left out of Captain America: Civil War because they didn't want to see him taking sides.
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
Fury, who has been played by Samuel L. Jackson since he made a cameo appearance in the credits of Iron Man back 2008, was the big omission from the Civil War cast list .
Markus teamed up with Stephen McFeely to pen the film's screenplay and explained why they left out such a popular character from the latest film.
Speaking to The Los Angeles Times, Markus said: "Primarily it felt like one too many possible opinions. We didn't want him to take one side or the other, because that's not his place in the universe.
"And then we didn't want another, 'Is he still with the government? Is he opposed to the government but supporting the government?' It got to be the potential for a lot more polemic discussion that the movie did not have room for."
Captain America: Civil War has already grossed over $700 million after just two weeks on release; it is already the fifth highest grossing movie of the year behind Zootropolis, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, The Jungle Book, and Deadpool.
The movie marks the return of Anthony and Joe Russo to the director's chair while we see Chris Evans reprise the role of Captain America for the first time since Avengers: Age of Ultron last year.
Civil War kicks off Phase 3 of Marvel films, which will build up to the release of Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 and Part 2 in 2018 and 2019.
Captain America: Civil War is out now.
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