Last week Anthony Mackie shared his excitement over his upcoming return as Sam Wilson / Falcon in Marvel’s first Phase Three offering Captain America: Civil War – which he described as “Avengers 3.8“ – and now the star has spoken in depth about the upcoming threequel during an interview with I Am Rogue:
“When we finished Cap 2 I asked and begged to come back, literally,” states Mackie. “So I found out when everybody else did. I got a call from my manager. He said, “They’re going to put you in Cap 3. It’s always a surprise with Marvel, man. If you are not one of those like Thor or Cap, then you have no idea. The only person that had an early version of the script and read the outline was Chris Evans… I have [read Civil War]. I’m not sure how close it will stay because I haven’t read anything. I haven’t gotten a script or an outline. I don’t know how much of it I’m going to be in. I have no idea how they are going to use me. But you know, the Civil War comic book, there is so much there. I don’t know how they are going to condense it and make it into a movie because it is a civil war. It’s epic! Look at the way it’s going now when they announced Phase 3, with Black Panther and Doctor Strange coming into the fold. I have no idea what they are going to do with this movie. I just know that Cap 3 has to be better than Cap 2. So I know Cap 3 is going to be mind-blowing.”
As for the introduction of Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), Mackie said: “I was very, very excited [to hear about it]. When we were shooting Cap 2 I would always have conversations with them about Black Panther because I wanted to stress the importance of that character to the movie going populous. I couldn’t be happier that they cast Chadwick (Boseman). He’s a remarkable young man. I’ve known him off and on for over ten years now. I first met him in ’98 at Howard (University) down in D.C. I’ve only known him from a far. But the more I’ve heard of him from people who are in his inner circle, the more I’ve been proud of the fact that someone who did the work, and did their due diligence, is being rewarded at a rate like this in his career because he truly deserves it.”
Black Panther won’t be the only Avenger to appear in the film, with Robert Downey Jr. also on board as Tony Stark: “It’s huge. It’s funny, I’ve met Robert a few times and I didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t know what he would be like because he is such a mega star and has had so many phases of his career. I have to say, he couldn’t be more of a down to Earth, fun to be around, cool, smart person. Every time you talk to him, it’s just mind-blowing the stories he tells, and the way he looks at this Iron Man phenomenon and how it’s helping him in the third phase of his career to open doors to do projects that he has wanted to do forever but couldn’t. The great thing about these Marvel movies is that everybody in the world sees them. Not just everybody in California and New York, everybody in the world! That’s something that an actor can only dream of having that opportunity.”
Meanwhile, Mackie also made it clear to Marvel that he’d like to feature in Avengers: Age of Ultron – and any other Marvel movie that will have him: “I hope. At this point, I have not. I hope, I hope, I hope, I hope. They’re doing reshoots and that’s why I’m letting them know I’m available. So whatever weekend they want me there, I’ll fly myself out and shoot whatever scene they want me in. Even if it’s like, ‘Oh man, it’s Iron Man and Hulk.’ But I heard today in one of the interviews that someone thought I was in Ant-Man. I hope so! I hope I’m in Ant-Man. I hope I’m in Hulk 3, I hope I’m in Thor 3, and Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Me and Groot can boogie!”
Be sure to head on over to the source to listen to the full interview.
Captain America: Civil War is set for release on April 29th 2016 in the UK and May 6th in the States, and will also see the return of Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier), and Frank Grillo (Brock Rumlow/Crossbones), while Daniel Bruhl (Rush) has signed on for an as-yet-unrevealed role.
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Originally published January 22, 2015. Updated April 13, 2018.
