Anthony Mackie & Harrison Ford Take us Behind the Scenes of “Captain America: Brave New World”
“I come to set every day with a smile on my face because we’re making Captain America,” Anthony Mackie says at the top of this brand-new glimpse behind the scenes of Captain America: Brave New World. Mackie goes on to say how much it meant to him to be handed the shield, which previously (not that you need a reminder) was wielded by Chris Evans during his long tenure as Steve Rogers. The official cinematic handoff happened at the end of Avengers: Endgame, and Mackie’s Sam Wilson then carried it on into Marvel’s Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which revealed just how hard of a transition it was. Now, Mackie’s getting his first stand-alone film as the new Cap, having “made the decision to become unabashedly Captain America,” as Marvel president Kevin Feige says in the new look.
Director Julius Onah’s film will not only center Sam Wilson, but will unveil Harrison Ford as President Thaddeus Ross (taking over the character from the late William Hurt). In a recent teaser, Thaddeus Ross unleashed his inner beast as the Red Hulk. This is the first time the Red Hulk has appeared onscreen, introduced on the pages of the comics in 2008. Onah recently told Fandango he was thrilled when he found out introducing the character was a possibility.
“It’s surreal, it’s incredible, it’s exciting,” Onah told Fandango. “I gotta tell you, when Red Hulk first became a possibility in this film, I just smiled. I was smiling like a kid, and that’s when I knew it was the right idea and right moment to put it out into the world.”
In the new look, Mackie mentions how the film is “old-school Marvel,” and Feige had already revealed at last year’s Comic-Con that the Brave New World‘s tone would be a more grounded, gritty action flick, akin to the Russo Brothers’ beloved Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which, not for nothing, was Mackie’s introduction as Sam Wilson.
Joining Mackie and Ford are Danny Ramirez, who reprises his role from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier as Joaquin Torres, the young man who takes over from Sam as the Falcon; Liv Tyler as Betty Ross; Tim Blake Nelson as Samuel Sterns/The Leader; Carl Lumbly (also reprising his role of Isaiah Bradley from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), Shira Haas as Ruth Bat-Serpha/Sabra, and Giancarlo Esposito as the villain Sidewinder.
Check out the new look below. Captain America: Brave New World smashes into theaters on February 14:
Featured image: Captain America/Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) in Marvel Studios’ CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. © 2024 MARVEL.
