Anthony Mackie Says ‘Chill the F— Out’ Over Comparing Red Hulk to Donald Trump, Responds to Fan Who Called Him the ‘Rudest Celebrity’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Anthony Mackie told Esquire magazine in a new cover story that playing Captain America “is my Oscar because I’ve been overlooked so many times in my career.” The actor says there are least four performances of his that deserved award nominations (“Brother to Brother,” “Half Nelson, “The Banker” and “The Hurt Locker”), and yet he was snubbed every time.
So he’s making “Captain America: Brave New World” his Oscars moment, as he’s finally leading a Marvel tentpole after 11 years in the franchise. “The expectations of what comes along with this role is something that nobody talks about,” Mackie told the magazine about becoming Captain America. “Nobody really acknowledges the mental jousting that takes place.
When I walk out of this hotel, I don’t walk out of this hotel as Anthony Mackie. I walk out of this hotel as Captain America.” Mackie said “Brave New World” is “literally the best movie it can be,” adding: “It stays in the lines of Marvel.
It stays in the lines of Captain America, and it’s fun and it’s big.” But one thing the actor is not looking forward to is the politicization of the Marvel tentpole.
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