CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD Star Anthony Mackie Explains How Sam Wilson Is Able To Battle Red Hulk

CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD Star Anthony Mackie Explains How Sam Wilson Is Able To Battle Red Hulk

Captain America: Brave New World star Anthony Mackie has addressed Sam Wilson's lack of superpowers as the MCU's new Captain America gears up for a battle with the villainous Red Hulk. Check it out...

By JoshWilding - Nov 21, 2024 09:11 AM EST
Source: Deadline

Sam Wilson became the MCU's new Captain America in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, though we won't get to see what he can really do until next February's Captain America: Brave New World

While the movie appears to be going for the same grounded tone as 2014's Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Sam will also be pitted against Red Hulk. He's an immensely powerful foe who would give Steve Rogers a run for his money, never mind a regular guy like the former Falcon.

Talking at the Disney APAC Content Showcase in Singapore, Anthony Mackie addressed how the new Captain America will deal with superpowered threats when he has no Super Soldier Serum pumping through his veins. 

"Sam’s evolution is simple. He’s still a counsellor. He’s still serving soldiers, but at the same time, now he’s a leader of his community in the country," the actor started. "It’s very different with the serum - you can fight anybody. When you don’t have the serum, you have to be smart and engineer different ways of defeating [enemies]."

"With Sam, him being a counselor, he uses more of his brains than brawn. He uses more of his wit than his fist. He’s more of a friend to everyone."

However, even though Sam has no superpowers, it's his suit that promises to even the odds in Captain America: Brave New World. "It’s a high-tech suit. I went to Wakanda, met with everybody in Wakanda, we had dinner. It was a great time. They threw me a welcome party. It was dope. But when I was leaving, they gave me a suit, right?"

"I put it on. I can kick harder, I can fly faster, and it gives me the ability to be more agile in my skills, so it’s taking all my skills to a completely different level."

While Macke was clearly having fun with those remarks, this is confirmation his suit will enhance the hero's abilities, including his strength. 

As for what fans can expect from the latest Captain America adventure, he teased, "If you look at these Marvel movies, they go with different genres. You have the fantasy world, you have the space world, you have the raccoon world. With the Captain America stories, it has always been the realistic, grounding world."

"This movie stays in the line with the original Captain America, of that thrill, of that espionage, of that grounded nature with storytelling and really investing the actual audience into the story," Mackie concluded.

Marvel Studios could have quite easily given Sam the Super Soldier Serum in The Falcon and The Winter Soldier but decided not to, presumably so they can tell some different stories with the new Captain America. It's certainly made his upcoming battle with Red Hulk all the more intriguing, anyway.

Captain America: Brave New World opens in U.S. theaters on February 14, 2025.

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AnEye
AnEye - 11/21/2024, 9:12 AM
......So plot armor? Got it.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 11/21/2024, 10:01 AM
@Spoken - Well said, again, well said.
McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/21/2024, 11:29 AM
@Spoken - he just sounds like Iron Man now
dragon316
dragon316 - 11/21/2024, 1:35 PM
@Spoken - not first time happen in marvel movies
TheOtherOn
TheOtherOn - 11/22/2024, 7:46 AM
@Spoken - Sam Wilson removes his shirt..... (may or may not be the actual footage, up for debate!)

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Kozmik
Kozmik - 11/23/2024, 8:17 AM
@Spoken - "...plot armor!?" You have seen a comicbook movie before, right? They're all 'Plot Armor: The Movie' and that's okay.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 11/21/2024, 9:13 AM
Very Excited for Captain America: Brave New World. Will be there Opening Night with a Party of 4

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McMurdo
McMurdo - 11/21/2024, 11:29 AM
@AllsGood - you'd suck a fart if Kevin puffed it your way bud.
marvel72
marvel72 - 11/21/2024, 1:01 PM
@McMurdo - He'd suck a fart out of big Kev arse.
blitzburgh
blitzburgh - 11/22/2024, 12:33 PM
@McMurdo - and once again you're bashing Marvel as usual, typical troll
Slotherin
Slotherin - 11/21/2024, 9:16 AM
I just wish more of the suit actually looked like it's a tech marvel from Wakanda... It kinda doesn't look that way...
RolandD
RolandD - 11/21/2024, 9:23 AM
@Slotherin - It would be cool if it lit up with red, white and blue lights in the way T’Challa’s had purple lights, not on all of the time and subtle, but noticeable .
Itwasme
Itwasme - 11/21/2024, 5:06 PM
@Spoken - i was just curious based off your unwavering desire to be right about things that literally don't change the point. Honestly... (obtuse much?)

You haven't seen the movie and are so myopic in your view you can't even fathom a scenario where Sam can win. You then call people names who disagree with you and say "don't jump to conclusions, there are plenty of ways the story goes." It's like you thi know they have to get into a boxing match as the only way for the story to play out. Tony should have been killed by Thanos yet held his own over and over until he won. If you want to call that plot armor than go ahead. I don't care.

But it feels a whole lot more like you have a gripe with everything Marvel does more than anything else.
AnEye
AnEye - 11/21/2024, 5:42 PM
@Itwasme - 1st off, wrong post. Were you that anxious to write that you wrote on the wrong post? And I'm obtuse?

2nd off, if you want to say I am on the spectrum as a way of trying to insult me, then I think you wanna retract that honestly question of yours a bit. But then again I am not surprised by someone who is very uneducated. Any who,

"You haven't seen the movie and are so myopic in your view you can't even fathom a scenario where Sam can win."

It's not the fact that he cannot win, it's the logic behind is incredibly flawed and defeats any type of suspense to what will happen. It is obvious that YES, Sam will find a way to win because that is the point of obvious plot armor. It is littered in every piece of marketing that Red Hulk appears. Meaning this scene is only meant to give you a climatic finale and not a surprise to what it should of been. Introducing a character like Red Hulk as an adversary to Captain America is such a cop out of the classic David vs Goliath story because given Sam's track record, he gets his ass kicked ALL THE TIME. John Walker nearly decapitated him in TFATWS, if it was not for Bucky pushing John. Giving a story like that to let's say maybe Steve, T'Challa or perhaps hell even Spider-Man where they are fighting an unwinnable match makes sense with characters who have proven time and time in again they can defeat the odds. But Sam HAS NOT done that, he is literally carried by every single super powered individual. Even Ant-Man kicked his ass. ANT-MAN!

"It's like you thi know" and yet...I'm obtuse.......

Tony should have been killed by Thanos yet held his own over and over until he won. If you want to call that plot armor than go ahead. I don't care.

Sorry, what repeated battles did Tony with Thanos did he have directly after Infinity War? Wass he not floating through space? Please be logical when stating dumb shit like this. I didn't dig deep to find plot armor in Endgame because everything happened prior made total sense. The protagonists lost, even when going to fight Thanos at the beginning of Endgame, it still meant NOTHING. Because they still failed everyone. That isn't plot armor. There was nothing given to Thanos because Thanos is a character by design to be more powerful than The Avengers, it's in his name THE MAD TITAN.


"You then call people names who disagree with you and say "don't jump to conclusions, there are plenty of ways the story goes."
It's quite evident that nothing you are saying right now is making any sense. Are you saying for me not to jump to conclusions or are you saying to me that I should not jump to conclusions? Because that has been part of your argument for awhile.

"But it feels a whole lot more like you have a gripe with everything Marvel does more than anything else."

Ahhh, the classic "I'm biased against Marvel" yet I was overly excited for DP&W, loved Infinity War & Endgame equally, been to every single opening night of all three Phases for the MCU, collect tons of Marvel comics, yet you want me to just shut up and accept bad ideas? Should I just simp for Spider-Man One More Day arguably one of the worst Spider-Man comics?

Do better.

Itwasme
Itwasme - 11/21/2024, 6:13 PM
@Spoken - ummm... it's a technical glitch and you can't even process that. I hit reply, that is all. Wtf are you reading all of that into it? Lol. Yeah... do better. Got it.
supermanrex
supermanrex - 11/21/2024, 9:36 AM
i dont understand why people act like they are new to [frick]ing comic books all of sudden. there are constantly David vs Goliath moments in comics in which brain power, skill and training help win the day. Batman, Black widow, HawkEye, Green Arrow and on and on and on. But Sam Wilson is suddenly excluded from have that benefit of the doubt???? Hell even Steve Rogers with the serum is severely outmatched vs Hulk. Steve went against Thanos before he picked up the hammer and it was okay to fans. Cause super soldier serum really evens the playing field against a being like Thanos.C'mon!!! Its [frick]ing double standards.
Itwasme
Itwasme - 11/21/2024, 9:39 AM
@supermanrex - Hawkeye has beaten the Hulk multiple times in different universes.

But the issue is people don't actually know the comics and can't seem to fathom basic concepts like winning a fight without using your fist.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 11/21/2024, 9:53 AM
@supermanrex - I think it's because Sam appears to be going head on with Red Hulk instead of say keeping his distance and slinging a rock
Slotherin
Slotherin - 11/21/2024, 9:54 AM
@supermanrex - also Steve got laid down by Thanos, it wasn't even
supermanrex
supermanrex - 11/21/2024, 10:00 AM
@Slotherin - oh yeah he did for sure. my point is people didn't find it to be some sort of giant plot hole that he even fights Thanos at all. People forget what makes these people heroes is they dont sit their and calculate their risk , they jump right into the fire and the odds be damned. but with Sam its bitching and moaning about this doesn't make sense he doesn't stand a chance and blah blah blah.
Matador
Matador - 11/21/2024, 10:03 AM
@supermanrex @Itwasme - If you have a picture of a regular human holding a shield to block a Hulk punch it won't matter how smart you are you will be sent flying like you got hit by a bus or train. Steve serum was super soldier increasing him above human levels higher than Olympic champions so can he probably take a hulk punch with his shield? Yes it helps since the shield also absorbs impacts so with his added strength he could hold his ground. Just not a regular human attempting that.

Tech helps but unless his got an Ironman suit on it's the only way to go toe to toe with a Hulk.

supermanrex
supermanrex - 11/21/2024, 10:04 AM
@Slotherin - these heros always square up and go head on with foes that outclass them. Falcon in the comics with just [frick]ing feather wings has jumped into cosmic and demonic avengers emergencies with no second thought. that is the point of the hero. to face impossible odds. in an universe with battle suits, magic potions, alien tech, people shouldnt ask how someone like Sam a trained soldier could do this. Batman does all the [frick]ing time. Batman gets dragged across the mud by Darkseid all the time, no questions his motive to go against him.
MotherGooseUPus
MotherGooseUPus - 11/21/2024, 10:07 AM
@Itwasme - bbbbbbbingo
Slotherin
Slotherin - 11/21/2024, 10:15 AM
@supermanrex - i think you're severely underestimating how much a lot of us call bullshit when Batman does something like take on Darkseid
Itwasme
Itwasme - 11/21/2024, 10:15 AM
@Matador - you have a promo picture, not a movie shot. Do you really think all promo images happen in the movies?!?!
Matador
Matador - 11/21/2024, 10:18 AM
@Itwasme - That's the argument here isn't it?
Matador
Matador - 11/21/2024, 10:20 AM
@Slotherin - Personally not that his black I just don't think his gear or his physical without some support could literally stop a Hulk punch. If his suit looked something out of SilverHawks then [frick] yeah he could handle that punch no problem.
tylerzero
tylerzero - 11/21/2024, 10:20 AM
@MotherGooseUPus -

No, it's

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Itwasme
Itwasme - 11/21/2024, 10:56 AM
@Matador - we haven't seen it yet to draw any conclusion either way, but to act like it's impossible is ridiculous given the precedent set in the comics. Time and time again we see people jump to conclusions and time and time again they are wrong. Remember when She-Hulk was going to be stronger than Hulk?!?!?! People never learn.
Matador
Matador - 11/21/2024, 11:06 AM
@Itwasme - To be fair Falcon in the comic books didn't really fair well against his power levels but his great against soldiers & street thugs. Falcon is better suited street level threats to espionage spy stuff.

She-Hulk has never been stronger than Hulk, ever.
Slotherin
Slotherin - 11/21/2024, 11:07 AM
@Matador - i was being sarcastic.
I agree with what you said, I'm just mocking people's tendency to make it as if everyone taking issue is doing so because of race.
AnEye
AnEye - 11/21/2024, 11:08 AM
@Itwasme - Did Sam Wilson fight Red Hulk alone in the comics yes or no?
Matador
Matador - 11/21/2024, 11:11 AM
@Slotherin - LOL fair enough, still would have been cool if Wakanda made Black Panther vibranium suit looking like Falcon a catbird suit.
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 11/21/2024, 12:14 PM
@supermanrex - You've made incredibly valid points. I believe there's a great place for strategically planned combat. Including precision traps, psychological mind bending, aerial assaults, and unknown technological assets would seemingly create an interesting battle. I hope MARVEL doesn't exchange the action for female savior, quirky qiups, "okay fight time is up" luck. We'll see.

PS: I believe Nerdotic and The Critical Drinker are going to eat this alive.
Itwasme
Itwasme - 11/21/2024, 12:17 PM
@Spoken - no, but Hawkeye has beaten regular Hulk (who is much stronger than Red Hulk) several times - so if non-powered people like Hawkeye can beat the Hulk, why can't a Vibranium powered Falcon do it? Isn't he better equipped to fight a less powerful Hulk than Hawkeye was to fight the stronger one?!?!

AnEye
AnEye - 11/21/2024, 12:50 PM
@Itwasme - no Exactly. Never and this leads to my point below

"but Hawkeye has beaten regular Hulk (who is much stronger than Red Hulk) several times"

There is a difference between slowing your opponent down versus outright defeating them to which you are confusing this with.

Incredible Hulk #166 he only managed to distract and slow down Hulk so the Avengers can regroup and help stop him, but he knew because of how strong Hulk was that he was incredibly outmatched. He only managed to hold his own for the team but if the team wasn't able to regroup, Hawkeye would of DIED.

Hulk: Future Imperfect his skeleton is shown in Maestros trophy room. Proving again...he was no match for Hulk.

In Ultimate Avengers vs New Avengers, same as issue 166 of TIH, shoot trick arrows and long range attacks enough to slow him down but knows he is unable to do it alone. He knows Hulk WILL WIN in a fight.

So back to my point from the very first comment, this is just plot armor and even in the comics these characters know they can't go up against someone like Hulk, it takes a combined group effort to try to defeat The Hulk. Hawkeye was NEVER able to hold his own for that long against The Hulk and he has admitted it. In fact, didn't he kill Bruce Banner in Civil War 2? That was the ONLY time he was able to technically defeat Hulk and it's only out of fear of the future that he was told about and again he only was able to kill BRUCE and not really Hulk. Big difference here.

Sure some characters can distract him in one on one battles, but not enough to really defeat him. Which is what you are arguing here. The human characters merely act as a distraction so that people with super powers can actually attempt to fight The Hulk.

But go ahead. Tell me some comics where Hawkeye literally BEAT The Hulk one on one, and stood over a defeated Hulk WITHOUT The Avengers. I provided instances, what about you? Or are you just saying it to remain protective over the product?
Itwasme
Itwasme - 11/21/2024, 1:18 PM
@Spoken - so in this instance are you saying it would be impossible for The Leader to equip Cap with something to stop the Red Hulk (who it looks like he might have created in the first place)? It's impossible for Wakanda, Tony, or Banner to have equipped him with something that helps stop him?

And it's literally impossible for a man with supersonic wings to play defense and keep his distance enough to both tire out Red Hulk and use his counseling experience to help Ross gain control of Red Hulk (who isn't exactly the rage monster Banner's Hulk is)?

Common man, all of these are possible scenarios and the last one is literally what Mackie is suggesting here. Yes of course if Red Hulk punches Sam in the face Sam dies, but guess what... that's probably not gonna happen. Odds are Steve would die too. The whole point of these stories is these characters overcoming overpowered villians. It literally happens all the time and its obtuse to think it's impossible for it to happen here.
AnEye
AnEye - 11/21/2024, 1:38 PM
@Itwasme - Your literal defense was..

And I quote...
"no, but Hawkeye has beaten regular Hulk (who is much stronger than Red Hulk) several times - so if non-powered people like Hawkeye can beat the Hulk, why can't a Vibranium powered Falcon do it? Isn't he better equipped to fight a less powerful Hulk than Hawkeye was to fight the stronger one?!?!
End quote...

You made it seem like there are instances in the comics where a regular human like Hawkeye for example has defeated The Hulk alone in one on one fights. Yet you couldn't provide examples of comics like I have to prove it? I thought you said "HaWKeYe BeaTZ HuLK sEvERal TiMeZ"? But that's not the case now, you have to say others have to help carry him. Do you not read the comics or are you just spewing out BS that you think is true or possibly happened in the comics without actually reading said comics?

So just to confirm, there are NO COMICS where Hawkeye single handedly defeated Hulk? GOT IT.
Itwasme
Itwasme - 11/21/2024, 1:51 PM
@Spoken - obtuse it is... seems to me Hawkeye shooting him with an arrow with an antidote is exactly the kind of precedent we'd need since that same scenario could happen here, but if you want to die on this hill then go for it. You win. Congrats. Impossible for Cap to win in this scenario.
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