Anthony Mackie mentioned it was “intimidating” to have display legend Harrison Ford be a part of the solid of the upcoming movie “Captain America: Brave New World.”
“I was so fucking nervous I couldn’t remember my lines. He’s Harrison fucking Ford,” Mackie, who performs the title function within the flick, advised IndieWire.
But Ford’s wit put everybody comfy.
“There is this aura about him. But he dispels that really quickly because he’s such a cool guy,” Mackie mentioned. “He’s everything a movie star should be. He would say, ‘Let’s shoot this piece of shit.’ And everybody was like, ‘Yeah, let’s shoot this shit.’”
Ford is becoming a member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, a personality beforehand portrayed by William Hurt, who died final 12 months on the age of 71.
Mackie mentioned he labored carefully with Ford.
“We spent a good bit of time together,” he advised IndieWire. “Ross and Cap have always had that relationship, where they were friends and they respected each other, but they always bumped heads. That’s their relationship in the storyline.”
Ford will proceed within the function inside the MCU, as he’s additionally set to look as Ross in “Thunderbolts.”
Ford, who turns 81 subsequent week, is at the moment showing on the large display in “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” the fifth and last movie within the franchise, and is prone to nab not less than one and presumably two Emmy nominations later this month for his roles on “Shrinking” and “1923.”
“Captain America: Brave New World” is about for launch subsequent summer season, whereas “Thunderbolts” will hit the large display in December 2024.
