The
Falcon
In an interview with collider about Pain
& Gain, actor Anthony Mackie talked a little bit about is role in
the upcoming Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
“Collider: Sometimes there’s a long and arduous
audition process for roles, especially in high-profile films. But for
Mackie, Marvel came to him, and after meeting with the filmmakers, he felt
there was an understanding on how to approach the character:
Mackie: I was offered
Captain America. It was just a straight offer. I met with the directors and the
producers and talked to them and we were kind of on the same page about what it
is we thought the character could be and they really were interested in my
input and my ideas. And after that, they… I think we were both… we both
realized at that meeting that we were both on board to do the movie.
Collider: While Mackie
has been in blockbuster movies before, he feels like Captain America will give him the visibility to pursue more personal
projects:
Mackie: I mean, you
know, you do the Marvel movies to garner you the ability to do the movies that
you really want to do – the other movies, the smaller movies, you know. So it
depends on what exactly you want to do. You know, doing a movie like Captain
America – that puts your name in the mouth of everyone in this country and in
the living room of everybody so, you know, once that comes out then you can go
to the studio and tell them the kind of movie you really want to do.
Collider: Since filming
is now underway, Mackie is set for filming in Manhattan Beach and
Cleveland. The actor had bulked-up forPain & Gain, but now he’s slimmed down a bit to meet the physical
requirements of a modern superhero:
Mackie: Well, it’s more
so a cardio thing now. I mean, you know, if you’re a super hero… I didn’t want
to get too bulky. You know there’s a lot of limitations to how big I was for
Pain and Gain, whereas with this I just want to be fit, you know. I just want
to be in shape to where I can go in and do all the stunts and all the things I
feel like I would need to do to bring this character to life. So, it all
depends. I met with the studio very early on and I told them I was going to
throw on some weight and get bigger and they said, “No, no, no, no don’t do
that. Stay a smaller weight and we’ll figure out something character-wise.” So,
you know, that’s kind of what it turned into.”
Captain America: The
Winter Soldier is schedule to hit theaters in April of next year, in the new Marvel
Phase 2 Universe.
Captain
America: The Winter Soldier will be directed by Anthony and Joe Russo(Community), and starred by Chris Evans (Steve Rogers/Captain America), Scarlett Johansson (Natasha
Romanoff/Black Widow), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill), Maximiliano Hernández (Agent Jasper Sitwell) Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier), Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson/The Falcon), Toby Jones (Arnim Zola), Frank Grillo (Brock Rumlow/Crossbones), Geroge St. Pierre (Batroc the Leaper) Emily VanCamp (Sharon Carter/Agent 13), Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter)and Robert Redford as Alexander Pierce the head of S.H.I.E.L.D.
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