Anthony Mackie has shared details about the eagerly-awaited Marvel series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
The actor is reprising his superhero role as Sam Wilson/Falcon for the Disney Plus show, opposite Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes aka the Winter Soldier.
Fans are in for a treat according to Anthony, as it has been shot on the same huge scale as a Marvel movie – but divided into episodes for TV.
Speaking to Daveed Diggs for Variety, he said: ‘We’re shooting it exactly like a movie.
‘Everybody who had worked on TV before was like, “I’ve never worked on a TV show like this.”
‘The way in which we were shooting, it feels exactly like we were shooting the movie cut up into the show.
‘So instead of a two-hour movie, a six or eight-hour movie.’
Filming on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which was unfortunately shut down when the coronavirus pandemic hit, was like being at ‘summer camp’, according to the star.
‘It was the same group of people, coming together to make it work. And so the stunt stuff — everything is just on another level, Anthony shared.
‘Every show, every movie, they just push it — they push the envelope so much. So hopefully, knock on wood, we’ll be going back soon.’
When we last saw Sam in Avengers: Endgame he was taking up the Captain America mantle after Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) gave him his shield.
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‘With the idea of being a black man and becoming Captain America, it’s been a daunting task because I think, at this day and age in America, I think we are open-minded to the idea of having my face represent us, as a country,’ he previously told Shadow And Act.
‘And my race represent us as a country because we’re truly a melting pot. So there is no distinctive look or feel or design of an American. We’re all Americans.
‘To be Captain America, I want my Captain America to represent everybody. Not just a specific group of people.’
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