Anthony Mackie on The Falcon in CAPTAIN AMERICA 2
Anthony Mackie has talked about playing The Falcon a few times already in Captain America: The Winter Solider, and he's back with some more information! While talking with EW, Mackie says that he plays "an integral role" in the movie and discusses what it's like working on the film saying,
"It’s a cool story and brings in some amazing characters and the Falcon is one of the things that fans are already excited about. It’s a movie that has kind of turned into a bigger-than-life opportunity for me. I’ve had these little milestones along the way and now to play a superhero and to work with people like Robert Redford, Sam Jackson, and Chris? It’s just turned into this amazing moment."
He went on to talk about his character explaining that he's "a really smart guy who went through major military training and becomes a tactical leader, he’s not some guy that fell into this." Mackie went into a little more detail about the kind of man that The Falcon is, saying:
"The most important thing I got from everybody at Marvel about the Falcon was the need to show that he’s a very righteous, man-forward kind of guy. He would do anything to protect the man next to him and to protect his country. That’s the integrity of the character and the integrity of the man and that that’s what I have focused on."
"The biggest thing for me, the most exciting thing for me, is to come out on Halloween and see all the little black kids dressed up like the Falcon. There are so many parts of our society that are not catered to or represented fully and this will give a new generation of our society someone to look up to and identify with. That’s why I am so intensely focused on bringing the character to life in a special way."
Mackie is going to be great in the role, and I'm happy he was the guy cast in it. He's a very talented actor. The film is being directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, and it also stars Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Frank Grillo, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Scarlett Johansson, Toby Jones, Emily VanCamp, Hayley Atwell, Maximiliano Hernández, Robert Redford, and Georges St-Pierre.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier hits theaters on April 4th, 2014.