“Having family members, friends who have served and come back, that’s something that has always been important to me - showing soldiers in a respectful human light,” Mackie explains. While Mackie’s Sam Wilson is the first Black man to take up the mantle of Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Brown is the first African American to hold his position, making him the highest ranking Black general in the Air Force. Brown Jr., Chief of Staff of the Air Force to discuss the importance of Black heroes, both real and fictional. In this exclusive conversation, Mackie joined General Charles Q. The Marvel star is similarly humbled by the opportunity to play the ultimate soldier in Captain America, particularly the opportunity to focus on the human behind the shield. “For this kid to see a six-hour series and get enough strength within himself to think that he needs to be prepared and ready, that made all of the work that we had to do to put it together worthwhile for me,” he adds. “She’s like, ‘What are you doing? You’re gonna hurt yourself.’ And the kid tells her, ‘Well, Captain America looks like me now, so I need to get in shape, if he needs my help.’ And I thought that was the coolest thing.” “A friend of mine is a teacher down in Homestead, Florida, and she works with special needs kids,” Mackie tells Variety, explaining that, one day, the teacher found one of her students doing pull ups on the monkey bars. Though Anthony Mackie has only been Captain America for a few months, “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” star is already seeing the impact the role is having on the next generation of young Black people.
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