The next Captain America movie will be very different from the ones before, as it will be the first to star the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s new Captain America, Sam Wilson (played by Anthony Mackie.) Along with the new Cap, the Captain America: Brave New World cast will also include a new Falcon, as Danny Ramirez will be taking on that mantle. Ramirez is learning a lot from his predecessor, including how to survive inside the costume.
Many actors who have played superheroes have complained that the superhero costumes aren’t very comfortable. That must be extra true when filming in Atlanta in the summer heat and humidity. Ramirez tells Variety he followed Anthony Mackie’s lead when it came to finding ways to keep cool. He said…
[Shooting in] Atlanta, in the summer, during a 90-degree day is tough. It was insane. … I learned by the end to follow his lead on his suit prep, so maybe not double-sleeve everything. Do the cut off.
Anthony Mackie may be new to playing Captain America, having only appeared that way briefly in the finale of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Disney+ series, but certainly, he is not new to playing superheroes. The suit may have changed, but Mackie has certainly learned a thing or two about how to be as comfortable as possible while filming MCU movies, and this certainly wasn’t his first summer filming in Atlanta.
Captain America: Brave New World is one of several upcoming Marvel movies set for a 2025 release. We’ll have to wait another year to see just what we’re going to get from the new hero, but Danny Ramirez seems quite happy about what we’re going to get. When asked what fans should be excited about, he said…
A lot! There’s some phenomenal sequences. The way Julius works and how he structures and layers his characters and films — ‘Luce’ is a phenomenal example of that — like the little hidden gems he places from the score, to different elements of sound, to how he plays with some lenses. I’m excited for the entire experience, but specifically there’s one sequence that we shot, that I haven’t seen yet, but I’ve heard a lot of really great things.
Great action scenes are one thing we certainly expect from MCU movies, but to hear Ramirez, it sounds like director Julius Onah has a few other tricks up his sleeve that might make the movie something unique among MCU projects. This could be something special.
While we’re going to have to wait a while to see this sequence that Ramirez is talking about, it’s certainly getting us excited for the future. There is only one MCU movie on the 2024 release schedule, Deadpool 3. This will likely make the wait for the rest of the new MCU projects that much harder to handle, but as long as these new movies end up being worth the wait, fans will cope.
