In this early draft of the 1990 film, it opens with World War II flashbacks featuring Captain America (Jeff Bridges) and Bucky (Christian Slater) facing off against Red Skull (Peter Fonda). As both Cap and Red Skull become popsicles, cut to the present-day, where a thawed-out Cap and his new partner, the Falcon (Carl Weathers), are government agents facing off against Helmut Zemo (Alan Rickman), who wants to use the Cosmic Cube to free Red Skull and join forces to take control of the Earth, eventually leading up to a climactic final showdown.