SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME Almost Featured Anthony Mackie's Captain America

As you all know by now, Steve Rogers handed the mantle of Captain America over to his friend Sam Wilson a.k.a. Falcon at the end of Avengers: Endgame.

There’s been no information on when we actually might see Anthony Mackie as the new Captain America. It seems like the upcoming Disney+ series The Falcon and The Winter Solider series might seem like the most likely place, but I’m still not sure of the series is going to be set before or after the events of Endgame. There’s been conflicting reports on that.

So, there is a chance that Sam could appear as Captain America in one of the upcoming films. In fact, he almost made his big debut as Cap in Spider-Man: Far From Home! During a recent interview with CB, creative executive Eric Carroll said:

"We briefly talked about bringing in Falcon as Captain America at the end, like maybe once Peter's arced, and he's sort of like leading the team, like maybe he calls in a favour. But we also thought it was really important to the arc of this movie that there not be other Avengers available to Nick Fury or Peter, so he'd have to step up and do it himself,"

Kevin Feige agreed and added that Far From Home was all about Peter "stepping up," and "getting out of the shadow, not just of Tony but of the Avengers in general."

It would’ve been fun to see Sam pop in as Captain America in the movie, but it makes sense why they opted not to go down that road. But, if they were willing to consider bringing him into Far From Home, there’s a chance that he could make his debut in another MCU movie.

Hell, maybe Kevin Feige will announce a new Captain America movie for Phase 4 at Comic-Con next month!