Looking out for his companion in crime! Anthony Mackie had some sound recommendation for David Harbour when it got here to working with pal Sebastian Stan — and warned him to not take something too personally.
“Sebastian is a very nice person. Don’t take his quietness and standoffishness as him being mean or rude,” Mackie, 44, informed Entertainment Tonight when requested if he had any phrases of knowledge for Harbour, 47, who is ready to star alongside Stan, 40, in Marvel’s upcoming ensemble movie Thunderbolts. “You just have to warm him up a little bit. You know, give him some almond butter, talk to him a little bit. He’ll be fine.”
Mackie and Stan bought acquainted working collectively in numerous movies all through the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes, respectively, with their most up-to-date mission being Disney+’s 2020 fantasy collection Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Harbour, for his half, made his MCU debut as Alexi Shostakov — also called Red Guardian — in 2021’s Black Widow.
Now, the Stranger Things star and Gossip Girl alum will reprise their respective roles within the franchise’s Thunderbolts alongside Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belva, Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine and Wyatt Russell’s John Walker. While the mission remains to be in early growth, it’s going to comply with the band of misfits as they’re recruited to go on missions for the federal government.
While talking on the Marvel Studios panel on the D23 expo in September 2022, the Violent Night star defined that he was extremely anticipating his character’s doable wardrobe adjustments.
“I was told I would get a new suit,” he joked. “I don’t wanna say the f-word, but I am really psyched about that! You watch Captain America and you see him in all these different movies and you see him with all these different [costumes] with a white star, a black star — just a full closet of suits — so I’m well on my way.”
Marvel CEO Kevin Feige, in the meantime, informed Entertainment Weekly earlier this month that followers will likely be excited to see Stan lead what guarantees to be a chaotic group of anti-heroes.
“What’s fun about that, and I sort of said this at D23, is that they are barely heroes. None of them would consider themselves heroes. When your de facto leader is Bucky Barnes, that’s sort of all you need to know,” he defined. “That’s the trickle down.”
Mackie, for his half, will likely be busy taking up the Captain America mantle within the star-spangled superhero’s fourth movie. Chris Evans, who portrayed the character for the primary 4 phases within the MCU, has been open about his assist of the Black Mirror alum’s promotion after stepping down from the position.
“No one better to do it. I mean, [Mackie] honestly does it justice,” Evans, 41, informed Yahoo in June 2022. “I’m so proud of him. I can’t wait to see what they do in the future with it, but if there’s any tear shed, it’s just for the sweet memories I had.”
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