American actor Anthony Mackie expressed how it was a dream come true to play one of the most iconic superheroes, Captain America. His Marvel character, Sam Wilson, also known as The Falcon, was named as the next to take up the mantle.

Anthony Mackie is winging his next outing as the star-spangled Avenger. Captain America: Brave New World pits Sam Wilson (Mackie) against an onslaught of supervillains, including the classic Cap villain Sidewinder (Giancarlo Esposito) and Hulk-related villains Samuel Sterns/the Leader (Tim Blake Nelson) from 2008’s The Incredible Hulk and U.

Anthony Mackie has largely missed out on major awards during his acting career but makes a case for why playing Captain America means more than any of that. He also addresses the Avengers: Doomsday rumors.

There are two words that kept coming up during the shoot of this movie between Julius [Onah] and I … empathy and compassion,” Mackie told the channel of his close collaboration with the film’s director.

Anthony Mackie is all set to make his big-screen debut as Sam Wilson’s rendition of Captain America in Captain America: Brave New World. Since his first appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the character has taken on a repository of supervillains.