Fans thought they had a clear idea of who the new Captain America would be after the events of Avengers: Endgame when Steve Rogers decided to live out his life and retire. Rogers gives up the Captain America mantle and shield to Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) aka The Falcon. By the end of the upcoming Disney+ series, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, we should have our new Captain America.
With the 112-year-old, retired Steve Rogers, the question in all our minds is who will be the next Captain America. Will it be Sam Wilson who the shield was passed on to? Will it eventually be long-time buddy, Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) aka The Winter Soldier? Or perhaps it’ll be John Walker (Wyatt Russell) aka The U.S. Agent.
“At the end of Endgame, Sam didn’t accept the shield. If you remember, he told Steve, ‘It doesn’t feel right, because the shield is yours,'” Mackie said on The Rich Eisen Show. “So The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is a long way of figuring around who’s gonna be Captain America, where is the shield gonna end up, and if that moniker is gonna come back — and if somebody’s gonna hold that moniker again.”
Though Anthony Mackie retracted being the next Captain America in his comments — “you don’t know who Captain America is gonna be” in Falcon and Winter Soldier — leaked merchandise seems to say otherwise.
🚨🔥 O uniforme do novo Capitão América!!
Um vazamento da linha de brinquedos de “The Falcon and The Winter Soldier” mostra o novo uniforme do Sam Wilson. pic.twitter.com/KAVkDKdQr7
— Marvel News (@BRMarvelNews) January 15, 2021
“It’s interesting knowing what happens in the show because a lot of people are like, ‘Oh, you’re Captain America.’ I’m like, ‘That’s not true,'” Mackie recently told the Lights Camera Barstool podcast. “If you look at the end of Endgame, Sam never accepts the shield. There’s no [spoilers]… out of all the Marvel movies that have been made there’s always been a photograph of something leaked of the costume, where it’s like, ‘Here’s what he’s gonna look like!’ You didn’t see anything leaked about me.”
In a 2019 interview with Deadline, Mackie may have given a spoiler about who the next Cap is by saying it was “very emotional” being passed the Captain America mantle. Like in the comic book, Sam Wilson did become Captain America at one point.
“I’ve been in the business for 20 years, and I’ve been fortunate to do some amazing stuff and work with amazing people. For me, to be a Black man in 2019 and be given the helm of Captain America with the history of Black men in this country is a monumental step, not only in entertainment but also in my life,” he said during the interview. “It’s been extremely emotional. Look, my grandfather was a sharecropper, you know what I mean? There’s a lot of history and pain and triumph and joy that comes along with me being Captain America.”
As of right now, the next Captain America is up in the air. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier premieres Friday, March 19 on Disney+.
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