The Daily Show with Trevor Noah recently spoke with Anthony Mackie about becoming Captain America at the end of Disney+’s The Falcon and The Winter Soldier and the show’s spotlight on social issues.
“All that had to do with Malcolm Spellman, our writer,” Mackie said of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier diving into social issues and racism.
Mackie is also surprised that he hasn’t received hate online for being a black Captain America.
“He really went down that road and fought for the acknowledgment of that turbulent relationship between black men and America.