Take another look at the origins of Marvel Comics' French kickboxing master 'Georges Batroc', aka 'Batroc the Leaper' , played by Georges St-Pierre, in "Captain America: The Winter Soldier", directed by Anthony and Joe Russo.
Created by writer Stan Lee and illustrator Jack Kirby for Marvel Comics' "Tales of Suspense" #75 (1966) , Batroc is a mercenary by trade, adept at the French form of kick-boxing known as 'savate'.
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Batroc has no superhuman abilities, but is in peak physical condition, with the strength of an Olympic-level weightlifter. His leg muscles are particularly well developed enabling him to leap great distances with the equity of an Olympic athlete. He is also an expert hand-to-hand combatant and skilled military tactician, having formerly been in the 'French Foreign Legion'.
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Batroc is also an experienced thief and smuggler, fluent in both French and English. Although, as a villain, 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 will turn against any client that unfairly deceives him into committing crimes to which he might not otherwise have agreed.
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