Anthony Mackie could now be the definitive superhero of the MCU, however the actor desires to beat one other realm: awards season.
Mackie advised Esquire that amid the Oscar campaigns this 12 months, he has to level to his tenure because the Falcon and his character’s latest promotion to Captain America as being his model of an Academy Award.
“It’s at all times apropos for me when awards season comes up,” Mackie stated, “As a result of I do know I’ve carried out at the very least 4 performances that would have been nominated — if not for a Golden Globe, then an Oscar or an Emmy. Captain America is my Oscar, as a result of I’ve been missed so many instances in my profession.”
Mackie, who has labored with auteurs exterior of Marvel, quipped that he’s infamously the one actor who has led “the 2 Spike Lee films no one noticed.” Mackie appeared in Lee’s “Sucker Free Metropolis” and “She Hate Me,” which have been each launched in 2004.
“I at all times inform individuals I maintain the title of being the lead of the 2 Spike Lee films no one noticed,” he stated.
Relatively, Mackie is specializing in his decade-long MCU tenure as an alternative. Within the upcoming “Captain America: Courageous New World,” Mackie makes his movie debut as Captain America; he formally took up the mantle of Captain America within the finale of Disney+ collection “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” in 2021.
“The expectations of what comes together with this position is one thing that no one talks about,” Mackie stated of now taking part in Captain America. “No person actually acknowledges the psychological jousting that takes place. After I stroll out of this resort, I don’t stroll out of this resort as Anthony Mackie. I stroll out of this resort as Captain America.”
He continued, “It’s a heavy weight to understand individuals look as much as you as a result of how a lot of your self do you permit these individuals to see? You’re not allowed to be human. That’s one factor I can’t wrap my mind round. What’s that line?”
Mackie teased that “Courageous New World” continues to be a basic MCU installment, regardless of ushering within the subsequent Part of the comedian e-book variations.
“It’s actually the most effective film it may be. It stays within the traces of Marvel,” he stated. “It stays within the traces of Captain America, and it’s enjoyable and it’s massive.”
And Mackie is able to relaxation his laurels on the franchise: “I give it a stable ten years,” he stated of how for much longer he’ll star within the movies. “You might have the 2 Avengers films, you will have hopefully one other Captain America, after which random plug-and-plays: Oh, Spider-Man! Oh, Incredible 4! What are you doing right here? However you by no means know. I imply, I don’t need to be a sixty-year-old Captain America.”