Captain America Sounds Off

If the superhero stratosphere has anything resembling a sole leading actor, it's the one who plays Captain America. That's Anthony Mackie now. The forthcoming Captain America: Brave New World will kick off a critical new chapter of the MCU, which will culminate with two new Avengers films. Meaning: His life, sure as the stars and stripes on his new suit, is about to change. For Mackie, the achievement—top billing in a major studio blockbuster—feels like validation. His superpower is not that he's very good at what he does but that he's very good in anything he does, no matter the size of the role. Throughout his twenty-five-year-long career, he's been so consistent that audiences and awards bodies have taken him for granted. "Captain America is my Oscar," he says. "Because I've been overlooked so many times in my career."

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