Anthony Mackie Speaks of entering the role of Captain America in Captain America: Brave New World, And what he wants his version of the superhero to be for children and the heart behind the character.
In a recent interview with Blacktreetv, Mackie reflected on what makes Sam Wilson the right person to occupy the cloak, underlining the values that define it.
He said: “There are two words that continued to come during the filming of this film between Julius [Onah] And I … empathy and compassion.
“I have never put together as much as compassionate [the character] It was and how empathetic was in the situation of all the people around him. And this was something I really focused on with this film and this incarnation of Sam, because I want people to see it grow in every single film. “
This growth journey has been in progress years. From his debut in the MCU, Sam Wilson has evolved from a veteran councilor who supports the soldiers to the man that Steve Rogers has chosen to exercise the shield.
Mackie went on: “When we saw Sam Wilson for the first time, he was a consultant. It was a veteran. He was a facilitator, a supporter of soldiers and was something that was very important for me. ”
“Keeping it up to the plot to this film there were no aspects of his being in certain ways, of him who interacts with people, whom I wanted to support in this film because now we can see Sam Wilson fully accept and take the shield completely. There is no longer doubt, it is Captain America. “
Mackie also knows representation issues and is aware of what it means to the public, in particular for children, and explains:
“I think the idea of representation is important because of the fact that it gives you the opportunity to see people in a light different from what you might think.
“Do you know what I want to say? As if it were important for my children to watch Wonder Woman’s film. It is important for my son’s friends to see a black guy like Captain America.”
He also says that they are superheroes of universal values, saying: “Change your perspective. Change your intuition. That’s why I say: “You know, Captain America is only the moniker”. Represents everything that is good within us. “
This is what Mackie has connected as a child during the guard Christopher Reeve Like Superman. He added:
“When I was a child, one of my favorite superheroes was Superman, as I grew up wanting to be Christopher Reeves. Yes, I didn’t care she was a white guy. I didn’t care that it comes from another planet.
“It was the humanity of the character I connected with. Sam Wilson is the best part of all of us. And that’s what people gravitate to and this is what people connect with. “
Wilson officially took the Captain America cloak in the Marvel final The hawk and the winter soldier. In the film, “after meeting the newly elected president of the United States Thaddeus Ross, played by Harrison Ford In his debut in the Marvel cinema universe, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international accident.
“He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the real mind has the whole world that sees red.”
The film is directed by Julius Onah and produced by Kevin Feige AND Born moore.
Captain America: Brave New World It opens in the US theaters on February 14, 2025.
By Joey Gour
Source: Geek Tyrant
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