Most of the MCU’s Marvel superheroes have multiple actors auditioned and even tested for their respective roles before a final decision is made, but the role of Sam Wilson was offered in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. star Anthony Mackie right off the bat with no audition required. While this is a very rare event when it comes to playing major roles at Marvel Studios, an exception was made for Mackie as everyone agreed from the start that he was. the perfect Falcon.
Talking about Le Falon and the Winter Soldier in a new interview with Variety, Marvel Creative Director Kevin Feige spoke about how Anthony Mackie got involved with the MCU, which comes down to knowing right off the bat. that he was their guy and just offer him the part without audition. From the interview:
“The first experience was that he was the unanimous first choice to play the character. We just offered him the role, in memory of me, he didn’t audition. This has only happened a handful of times at Marvel. Mr. Mackie was one of those moments. . I thought he would be great as a character. As we often do, when we’re in the casting you pick the immediate role at hand – who was Sam Wilson in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” but if all goes well well, that can grow and evolve. towards many things. You want an actor who can do it all, which of course Anthony can. ”
Mackie has appeared in the MCU as Sam Wilson for years, making his character debut in 2014 Captain America: The Winter Soldier . He’s appeared in several other MCU movies as well , and we’ve seen him give the Captain America Shield in 2019. Avengers: Endgame . He’ll finally have a much bigger chance to shine alongside his co-star Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes aka The Winter Soldier when The Falcon and the Winter Soldier premieres on Disney + this month.
Set after the events of Avengers: Endgame , The Falcon and the Winter Soldier picks up with Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes teaming up on a global adventure that puts their abilities to the limit as they battle the Anti-Patriotism Group. called the Flag-Smashers. Along with Mackie and Stan, the series will also star Daniel Brühl as Baron Helmut Zemo and Emily VanCamp as Sharon Carter aka Agent 13. Other returning MCU characters include Don Cheadle in War Machine and Georges St. Pierre in the role of Georges Batroc.
Ahead of the new show’s premiere, Marvel fans will first be treated with the first episode of Assembled , the documentary series chronicling the making of popular Marvel projects. The first episode featuring the making of WandaVision will premiere on March 12. A week later will see the release of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier , and following the end of its six-episode series on Disney +, the series will receive its own episode of Assembled as well.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is scheduled to premiere Friday, March 19, only on Disney +. News Source: Variety.
