Yahoo Lifestyle For Captain America Film, Anthony Mackie Asked to Ditch Falcon and Winter Soldier Cowl: ‘I Was Never Wearing That S–t Again’
It appears that Sam Wilson asked Wakanda for some alterations after he suited up as Captain America in Disney+’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series.
In a new interview with IGN.com, MCU vet Anthony Mackie says that he demanded to ditch the white “half-helmet” cowl and goggles that Wakanda had gifted Sam with in the Falcon and the Winter Soldier finale.
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In the finale, Sam — amid much internal debate, after recently having his eyes opened by Black super soldier Isaiah Bradley’s (Alias‘ Carl Lumbly) tragic tale — picked up Cap’s mantle after decorated war hero John Walker (Lodge 49‘s Wyatt Russell) did it dirty by murdering a Flag Smasher in cold blood. With encouragement from Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) as well as his own sister Sarah (Adepero Oduye), Sam decided that the suffering of Isaiah and others would mean nothing if he didn’t step up, stand up and keep fighting.
He just kept fighting in a brand-new fit, that’s all.
“I told them that I was never wearing that s–t again,” Mackie shared with IGN. “That was hard… with the heat, the sweat, the fogged-up glasses. It was impossible. It was my worst nightmare. ”
Constricted by a half-helmet and goggles, “You can’t do anything,” he explained.
"I told them I was never wearing that s**t again," said Captain America: Brave New World's Anthony Mackie of the white cowl that was introduced in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. pic.twitter.com/GvjCaKARaM
— IGN (@IGN) February 7, 2025
Mackie makes his big-screen debut as Cap in Captain America: Brave New World, which hits theaters next Friday, Feb. 14.
“After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford in his MCU debut), Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident,” the film’s official logline tells us. “He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.”
Speaking of “seeing red,” promotional materials and trailers for months have hyped up Ford’s Red Hulked-out Thaddeus. We also see in trailers that Sam reunites with Isaiah Bradley, one of the original Super Solders, who has an ominous warning for the new Cap.
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In addition to Mackie, Ford and Lumbly, the Brave New World cast includes Giancarlo Esposito (Parish) as Seth Voelker aka Sidewinder, the King of the Serpent Society; Danny Ramirez (Top Gun: Maverick) reprising his own FAWS role of Joaquin Torres, who is now the new Falcon; plus Shira Haas (Bodies), Xosha Roquemore (The Mindy Project), , Liv Tyler (9-1-1: Lone Star) and Tim Blake Nelson (Watchmen).
Mackie has described Brave New World as, akin to 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, “a grounded espionage action movie as opposed to aliens and airplanes coming through portals and s–t. Even though I’ve been in so many of them and have seen it all now, the opportunity for Sam to really establish himself as a true action star and Avenger comes with this movie.”
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