When Marvel fans last saw Anthony Mackie‘s Sam Wilson, it was the finale of the Disney+ series “The Falcon and the Winter Selderlyier,” and Sam had finpartner hugd himself as Captain America. He sported a recent patcommotionic suit, finish with a white half-helmet and goggles. But Sam is no lengthyer rocking that see as he returns to the MCU in “Captain America: Brave New World.” The half-helmet is gone, for instance. So what happened? Mackie recently telderly IGN that he needed a costume change.
“I telderly them that I was never wearing that shit aget, dude,” Mackie shelp. “That was difficult. With the heat, the sweat, the fogged-up glasses, it was impossible. It was called a cowl. It was my worst nightmare. You can’t do anyleang.”
Sam still has his tradelabel goggles in “Captain America: Brave New World,” but there’s no half-helmet helderlying him back. This is the first Marvel movie to feature Mackie’s character in the direct role. He unitecessitate the MCU more than a decade ago in 2014’s “Captain America: The Winter Selderlyier,” opposite Chris Evans in the title role. Evans’ Steve Rogers passed the Captain America shield to Sam in 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame,” with a bulk of the 2021 series “The Falcon and the Winter Selderlyier” then finding Sam wrestling with that choice.
“Captain America: Brave New World” straightforwardor Julius Onah shelp in a recent intersee with Vanity Fair that his recent movie is not troubleed with Sam’s journey to finding himself as Captain America.
“That ask has been resettled,” Onah shelp. “Sam is our Captain America now. He’s our hero.”
Mackie is unitecessitate in “Captain America: Brave New World” by Harrison Ford, who apshows over the role of Thinserteus “Thunderbolt” Ross from the tardy William Hurt. Ross is now the U.S. pdwellnt, and Mackie’s Captain America is forced into his orbit amid an killing try and rising global tensions over owning adamantium. The aiding cast integrates Danny Ramirez as the recent Falcon, Shira Haas as Sabra and Giancarlo Esposito as the villain Sidetriumphder.
“Captain America: Brave New World” uncovers in theaters Feb. 14 from Disney.
