Anthony Mackie Talks Captain America and Latest Season of "Twisted Metal"

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🗓️ 3 August 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Willie catches up with "Captain America" himself, Anthony Mackie for a discussion about growing up as a theater kid in New Orleans and his rise from "8 Mile" through the Marvel Universe, and the latest season of "Twisted Metal".

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0:00.0	Hey guys, Willie Geist here with another episode of the Sunday Sit Down podcast. My thanks as always for clicking and listening along. Got a great one for you today with Anthony Mackie. Of course, you know him as Captain America. He was initiated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Falcon,
0:23.8	Sam Wilson's Falcon, back in 2014, and this year got his own movie.
0:30.2	Captain America, Brave New World.
0:32.4	You'll remember if you're a fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2019's Avengers Endgame, Chris Evans, Captain America,
0:40.5	passed the shield to Anthony Mackie's new Captain America. He's had an incredible career,
0:47.0	born and raised in New Orleans, not in a family of performers, although, of course, in New
0:51.3	Orleans performances everywhere. He fell in love with acting from a very young age, went to a performing arts high school, and then auditioned for and was accepted to and studied at the famed Juilliard School in New York City.
1:05.0	The first movie of his career, right out of the gate, eight mile. Remember, he played Papa papa doc kind of the rival to m&m in the
1:12.3	movie there's a great story in here about that famous rap battle scene between m and m and nanny
1:20.4	mcky's character stay tuned for that it's incredible he went on to a bunch of supporting roles in
1:25.0	oscar winning movies million dollar baby the hurt locker he was in the adjustment bureau underrated matt damon movie great who went on to a bunch of supporting roles in Oscar-winning movies, Million Dollar Baby, The Hurt Locker.
1:28.3	He was in the Adjustment Bureau,
1:30.0	underrated Matt Damon movie,
1:31.5	great flick there,
1:32.6	before joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
1:35.3	Most recently, he's been nominated for two Emmys.
1:39.2	He, great guest appearance.
1:40.9	If you watch the studio on Apple TV Plus,
1:43.8	a primetime Emmy nomination for that. And he was part of a last year's documentary, Shark Beach.
1:50.1	He got nominated for an Emmy for that, daytime Emmy as well. He's been very busy.
1:54.5	His very latest is a new season of the hit Peacock series, Twisted Metal.
1:59.5	If you've seen it, you know it's based on a famous video game from like 25, 30 years ago called Twisted Metal.
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