Anthony Mackie on His Role as The Falcon in CAPTAIN AMERICA 2

Anthony Mackie recently did an interview with Black Film in which he discussed his role as The Falcon in Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier. One of the main things that he reveals is that the character will have a very prominent role in the story, which is great! Until now, we weren't sure how big of a role he would have. Here's what he had to say,

I’m happy to say that I’m in a good deal of the movie and I play an integral part with Captain America taking down the winter soldier. It’s great. They started the shoot 2 1/2 weeks ago and once I finished doing press for Pain & Gain, I go in and join them. I’ve been doing combat training and fitness training just to get prepared. It’s going to be something and I’m excited for it.

The actor goes on to address the concept art that was recently released for the character saying,

They just released pictures of the costume last week. It’s more of a military style tactical costume. He’s more along the lines of Captain America as far as superhero as opposed to a true superhero.

Mackie then says that he had never even heard of The Falcon until he was up for the part,

I had never heard of the Falcon. I knew nothing about him. Once they sent me the comic book and told me everything they wanted me to do, I read up some and looked up his story. I’m really excited. He’s a cool character and we need that. We that (black) superhero that looks like them.

Mackie is a solid actor, and I'm sure he'll end up giving an awesome performance. I'm looking forward to seeing the character in action. The movie is set to be released on April 4th, 2014, and it also stars Chris Evans,Frank Grillo as Crossbones, Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Redford and Cobie Smulders. 

Captain America: The Winter Soldier will pick-up where Marvel’s The Avengers left off, as Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and teams up with Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, to battle a powerful yet shadowy enemy in present-day Washington, D.C.