Danny Ramirez went from going to Tom Cruise’s boot camp for Prime Gun: Maverick to taking part in Anthony Mackie’s wingman within the newest of the new Marvel films. Nevertheless, what did he be taught from Hollywood’s stunt king that helped him play the Falcon, a superhero who can actually jet by the sky, in Captain America: Courageous New World? Nicely, Ramirez lately spilled what knowledge went by his head whereas catching up along with his fellow Maverick forged member Lewis Pullman.
In a brand new profile for Interview Journal, Danny Ramirez chatted with Pullman about making his MCU film debut within the Captain America film that lately premiered on the 2025 film schedule. Right here’s how Tom Cruise got here up when the brand new Falcon actor was requested about “flying” in Courageous New World:
Nicely, that was due to the expertise on Prime Gun. I felt like if Tom [Cruise] noticed my physique positioning, he’d be judging the aerodynamics. … You’ll see within the BTS, I’m holding correct kind, so whether or not or not physique components had been changed, that’s not on me. I used to be aerodynamic, and banking after I needed to financial institution, and making an attempt to ensure that my head was in the best place as a result of wind will then have an effect on raise, and all this stuff.
Hey, when you’ve been educated by Tom Cruise just like the Maverick forged was, they will count on the actor to assist them from then on, and so they, in fact, wish to be on his good listing to get his well-known Christmas cake yearly. So, whereas Danny Ramirez was filming the stunt scenes for his Captain America film, he was very cautious to keep up his kind whereas being within the air. He had a sense the actor could be taking note of his kind, and he didn’t wish to disappoint him ought to he see the film.
Within the interview, Pullman, who performed Lt. Bob Floyd to Ramirez’s Mickey “Fanboy” Garcia and can quickly make his personal Marvel debut on this summer season’s Thunderbolts*, understood precisely what he meant, declaring that it was seemingly necessary for him to not get “whiplash” on set. As Ramirez continued:
I feel that’s what was instilled in me having accomplished Prime Gun. ‘Tom’s perhaps going to look at this and if he does, I higher come appropriate.’ So there have been days that I might be the one one placing on a G-force face.
Now, when the Prime Gun: Maverick forged signed on for the long-awaited legacy-quel, a complete lot was anticipated from them to be able to star within the film with Tom Cruise. They did flight coaching for 3 months so that they might be within the planes with actual pilots pretending to be flying themselves within the backseat of actual F/A-18Fs. That meant they needed to learn to face up to excessive G-forces, which may result in a number of fainting whereas individuals are going by it.
You’ll be able to take a look at extra in regards to the making of Captain America: Courageous New World by our interviews with Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez and extra. The film is at the moment in theaters, and you’ll look ahead to seeing one other Prime Gun album within the MCU due to Lewis Pullman’s position inThunderbolts*, which hits theaters on Could 2.