Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan Talk About Potentially Becoming The New CAPTAIN AMERICA

At this past weekend's Salt Lake Comic Con, Marvel actors Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan appeared on panels and discussed the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the upcoming Captain America: Civil War. There has been a lot of speculation about whether or not one (or maybe both) of them would eventually take over the role of Captain America from current Cap Chris Evans, but as usual, Marvel Studios is playing things pretty close to the vest so we don't have any official confirmation that such a thing will happen. It's mostly been fan discussion, but all of that is informed by the events of the comics, in which both Falcon and Bucky separately take on the role of Captain America. So how do the actors feel about maybe wielding the star-spangled shield one day? According to the Salt Lake Tribune:

Mackie: "I don’t think we need a new Cap. I don’t think Cap needs to change. I think (Sebastian Stan) would be a great Cap, but then we’re left without Bucky. I think I’d be a great Cap, but then we’re left without a Falcon."

Stan: "I'll say this: They sure like to dangle a cheese in front of my nose a lot. They're like 'Oh yeah, that's where you pick up the shield,' and I'm like, 'Yeah, I've heard that one before. There it is again.' But I don't know. If I could say one thing, if anyone can have anything to do with it, to make it happen, is you."

Evans himself was on hand at the event as well, and he reiterated what we've already heard countless times about the main theme of Civil War: that it's easy to agree with both sides of the argument between Cap and Iron Man:

“Tony actually thinks we should be signing these accords and reporting to somebody and Cap, who’s always been a company man and has always been a soldier, actually doesn’t trust anymore. Given what happened in Cap 2, I think he kind of feels the safest hands are his own, and these are understandable concerns, but this is tough, because even reading the script, you think I think I agree with Tony in a way, and I do agree that to make this work, you do need to surrender to the group. It can’t just be one person saying this is right and this is what we’re going to do.’

“But Cap has his reasons, he certainly has his reasons, and he is a good man and his moral compass is probably the cleanest, This is a tough thing. This is what made it so interesting while we were filming, and it’s hopefully what will make the movie great is nobody’s right, nobody’s wrong. There’s no clear bad guy here. We both have a point of view, which is akin to most disagreements in life and politics.”

What do you think, Marvel fans? If something were to happen to Evans' Steve Rogers in the movies, would you rather see Mackie or Stan take over as Captain America?

Via: ComingSoon