Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday remains to be over a yr away and, within the meantime, the upcoming superhero film stays in manufacturing. With that, loads of huge stars have been on set, together with Captain America actor Anthony Mackie. It goes with out saying that, at this level, Mackie has greater than sufficient expertise being on huge units and is aware of the best way to function on them. Nevertheless, that doesn’t negate the truth that I’m impressed by how he used a pizza bribe as a way to sneak his approach into Robert Downey Jr.’s on-set “base camp.”
For the previous few months, Doomsday has been in manufacturing in London, the place the big Avengers solid has been placing in work and being handled to facilities. Robert Downey Jr., specifically, appears to have a really candy deal. Not solely is Downey reportedly receiving a hefty paycheck, however he additionally apparently has different perks, together with an enormous trailer setup full with a safety element. Anthony Mackie, for his half, grew to become comparatively chummy with one member of that staff when Downey had a pizza truck on set:
When he had the pizza truck, I went as much as his safety. Safety is an actual cool man. I used to be like, ‘Look, man.’ I went up over to the pizza truck, and all of them have been sitting there speaking. I’m like, I don’t need to sit there and speak to these motherfuckers. I need to make pizza. So I am going over with the pizza guys and begin making pizza on the truck, proper? So I make this dope, scrumptious chef’s kiss pizza, proper? So I minimize off a bit, and I am going over to Downey’s safety guard. I’m like, ‘Yo, man, right here’s a slice of pizza. I do know you’ve had an extended day, so I simply needed to introduce myself. We haven’t met. My identify is Anthony.’
Truthfully, that’s a sort gesture for the Twisted Steel star. Additionally, there’s a little bit of humorous irony in that through the second season of that aforementioned streaming present, Anthony Mackie’s character briefly delivers pizzas beneath the alias “John Dough.” It does appear that Mackie was certainly making an attempt to be pleasant when sharing that slice of pizza with the safety guard. Nevertheless, as Mackie shared on the Smartless Podcast, that his kinship with the safety man got here in useful when he needed to snag one thing else days later:
Two days later, I’m like, I need to sneak into Robert’s fucking base camp…. I am going in my trailer, I don’t have ice. I’m like, ‘I do know who has fucking ice.’ So I sneak over to Robert’s base camp. I am going to the safety guard. I used to be like, Yo, what’s up, man?’ He’s like, ‘Anthony, how’s it going?’ He’s like, ‘That was an important pizza, thanks.’ I used to be like, ‘You thoughts if I am going in proper fast?’ He’s like, ‘No go proper forward.’ I stole all his fucking ice.
Because the fan-favorite actor went on to say, “it’s who ,” and I definitely don’t disagree with that sentiment. There may be energy in making mates somewhere else, after all. Now, I wouldn’t say that the Electrical State star was merely making an attempt to make use of the safety staff member, although I wouldn’t be shocked if he was conscious of the potential advantages of befriending him. What I need to know now could be how RDJ reacted when he found that his ice was all gone.
Behind-the-scenes tales like these are humorous, however the Marvel Cinematic Universe fan in me can be curious as to what lies forward in Avengers: Doomsday. The temporary synopsis that’s been shared teases that Earth’s Mightiest Heroes will be a part of forces with the Incredible 4, the Wakandans, the OG X-Males and the New Avengers to tackle Physician Doom, who’s performed by Robert Downey Jr. Anthony Mackie hasn’t spoiled something, however he did drop an enormous trace about the place the film’s going.
It stays unclear as to precisely how for much longer filming on the subsequent Avengers film is ready to final. Nevertheless longer it goes, although, I’d think about that the solid will proceed to be taken care of. Or, if there are different stars who suppose like Anthony Mackie, they could even be considering up methods to pilfer goodies from Camp Downey. Whereas manufacturing continues, know that Doomsday hits theaters on December 18, 2026 and that followers can stream varied MCU movies on Disney+.