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Anthony doesn t think the show has a defacto Captain America figure , though, as he said the show is focused on what it means for Sam and Bucky Barnes (Stan) to be their superhero alter-egos when the Avengers are gone.
Going on to discuss taking the characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe into a TV show, Anthony admitted he had initial concerns and was horrified at being the person to test out if a show format would work.
Thoughts: Anthony said: [It] is very honest and forthright and very unapologetic about dealing with the truth of what it means to be American, Captain America, Black Captain America
It was March 2014 when the cast of
Captain America: The Winter Soldier assembled in London for the U.K. leg of their international press tour. For some, namely Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, and Samuel L. Jackson, this wasn t their first rodeo with Marvel Studios. They knew their talking points and how to regale reporters at the press conference by swapping war stories and feeding off each other s energy. Sebastian Stan, only on his second outing in the franchise, was more reserved. He offered warm smiles and laughed along with the group s jokes, but kept his own responses somewhat brief. When asked about any on-set injuries that might have incurred, he said. I honestly wouldn t feel anything until I was in the car on the way home, when I couldn t get out of the seat. But I m sure we hurt each other.
WandaVision s Ralph Bohner, we bring happy tidings.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldierwill apparently get a shot at redemption with an overt connection to a Marvel property that was once owned by 20th Century Fox (renamed 20th Century Studios after it was acquired by Disney in 2018). There s a setting in particular that people have already glimpsed in some of the trailers that is a setting from the Marvel Comics that was not previously available to us, but it s more of an Easter egg in and of itself, Marvel Studios head honcho Kevin Feige teased to Entertainment Weekly for the magazine s feature story on the new show.
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How Marvel s Truth Comic Set the Stage for Black Captain America in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
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“The price of freedom is high, it always has been. And it s a price I m willing to pay. And if I m the only one, then so be it.” - Steve Rogers.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier used those words in trailers leading up to the series, as Anthony Mackie s Sam Wilson weighs the legacy of a hero by remembering Steve Rogers’ speech in
Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which is cribbed from John F. Kennedy. It’s a new day in the MCU and Sam s understandably confused about how to move forward with that legacy. However, Sam becoming a Black Captain America isn’t the first time a black man has wielded a star-spangled shield in a country that hasn’t always been hospitable to people who look like him. Years before Sam or Steve took up this fight, a man named Isaiah Bradley took a leap of faith. He was the first Black Captain America, and his entire squad
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