Curious How Sam Wilson Can Take on the Red Hulk? Anthony Mackie Has the Answer!

Captain America: Brave New World, one of Marvel’s most highly anticipated projects, is set for release on February 14, 2025. While Anthony Mackie will take over as the new Captain America, replacing Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers, the film promises to introduce new characters and plenty of surprises.

Though Sam Wilson is a beloved character, many fans still miss Chris Evans, which is why the film is bringing in a major draw—Red Hulk. Yes, Thaddeus Ross will finally become the Red Hulk, much to the excitement of fans.

With Sam Wilson set to face off against the Red Hulk, fans are curious how the new Captain America will manage to battle the mighty Goliath. Well, if you’re wondering that, Anthony Mackie has the answer!

So do we! Mackie attended the Disney APAC Content Showcase in Singapore, where he shared insights on how his character plans to take on the Red Hulk in the movie. He offered a detailed and thoughtful response, which we’ve got for you here:

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. 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.

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.

As you can tell, his character gets some power-ups in the movie, which will definitely make the fight more interesting. Before wrapping up the discussion, he also teased a film that’s quite different from anything we’ve seen before:

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.

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