Hitfix got an interview with Anthony Mackie (the Falcon). When they asked if Falcon will have a bird in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, his response was
"No, the way the Falcon was created...he was created in three incarnations," Mackie answered. "And we went with the more military aspect of him as opposed to the superhero earlier aspect. So there is no bird."
Then he went on to say,
"The one thing I appreciate about Marvel, is when they introduced this character, they realized the value of having an African-American superhero, and they continued to reintroduce him and put him in different contexts until they felt like they got it right," Mackie told hitfix during an interview at San Diego Comic-Con . "So he continued to evolve and change and be reintroduced, in a way that as we changed as a people, he changed as a character. And you know, you gotta appreciate that, you gotta admire that from people who realize...or admit what they had wrong. And in this movie [directors] the Russo brothers have really given me the opportunity to make him into a three-dimensional character instead of just a cookie-cutter"
So Anthony Mackie seems excited about the Falcon, are you?
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