Anthony Mackie Talks Being a Smarter, Friendlier Captain America

Ever since he confirmed up in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and popped out these wings of his, of us have been wanting Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson to get a highlight to himself. Since Brave New World marks his first solo film, everybody concerned desires to do proper by him in a number of methods, significantly on the motion entrance.

Throughout Disney’s latest APAC Contest Showcase in Singapore (thanks, Deadline), Mackie touched on how Sam stands out from Steve Rogers and John Walker. Regardless of his new place as a “chief of his neighborhood within the nation,” Sam’s nonetheless working as a trauma counselor for army veterans. As such, Mackie stated his character is “extra of a good friend to everybody,” and employs extra thought into his actions. That is significantly necessary, given the stress he’s beneath within the movie: not solely is he Black and working as Cap after Walker killed a man in public, his good friend Isaiah Bradley kicks the plot in movement by making an attempt to assassinate President Ross for no discernable cause.

That very same stage of thought may also apply to Courageous New World’s motion scenes. Steve and John had the good thing about the Tremendous Soldier Serum, however Sam is in the end a man with a pair of high-tech wings, and other people within the Captain America motion pictures are inclined to die simpler than characters in different MCU collection. Mackie defined that Sam has to “be good and engineer alternative ways of defeating [enemies],” significantly since he’s going up towards guys like Red Hulk. His Wakandan-made swimsuit helps even the taking part in area by “taking all of my abilities to a totally totally different stage,” stated the actor. “I can kick tougher, fly quicker, and it offers me the power to be extra agile in my abilities.”

Earlier motion pictures and exhibits haven’t all the time been the very best at exhibiting off Sam’s strengths. We’ll see for positive how he fares on his personal when Captain America: Courageous New World hits theaters on February 14, 2025.

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