Captain America: Brave New World's Anthony Mackie Calls Out Tom Holland Over Previous Quip About There Being "No Falcon Movie"

Captain America star Anthony Mackie throws a friendly jab at Spider-Man actor Tom Holland over Sam Wilson’s MCU lead role in Captain America: Brave New World. Sam Wilson’s MCU story began with the former pararescue airman becoming Steve Rogers’ right-hand man, which soon earned him a spot in the Avengers and proved his potential as the next Captain America. After giving up and recovering the shield, Sam Wilson faces the biggest battle in his superhero career in Julius Onah’s Captain America: Brave New World, where he will show the world why Steve Rogers picked him to carry the shield.

In an interview with Fandango about Captain America: Brave New World, Captain America actor Anthony Mackie addresses his friendly feud with Tom Holland, which started when the Spider-Man actor mocked the MCU’s lack of Falcon movies. Mackie jokingly acknowledges Tom Holland was right about the fact that there are no Falcon movies and ᴀssures that they have left their differences behind. Read Mackie’s comments and watch the interview below (Tom Holland comments at the 19:33 mark):

Well, Tom and I have talked in private. And you know, I went to the UK, and we had a conversation, and I had to let him know what I was thinking, and now we good, and we drunk some Bero hero, and you know, chopped it up. And I’m very excited for how he feels to be made public, ’cause he was correct. There wasn’t a Falcon movie, there’s a Captain America movie. It wasn’t a personal comment. It was a character comment… We talked about it. We talked about it. Now we good.

What Anthony Mackie’s Tom Holland Comments Mean

Tom Holland Poked Fun At Anthony Mackie’s Lack Of Leading Roles

Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, Falcon, and Scarlet Witch in the MCU

Spider-Man star Tom Holland poked fun at Falcon’s lack of MCU solo movies at 2018’s ACE Comic Con, and Anthony Mackie joked that he hadn’t seen Spider-Man: Homecoming at the time. This funny back-and-forth started a friendly feud between the Spider-Man and Falcon actors, which reflected their characters’ dynamics in Captain America: Civil War. Years later, Anthony Mackie fired back at Tom Holland at San Diego Comic-Con 2024, jokingly saying, “Yeah, Tom Holland, f**k you!” when he arrived to promote Captain America: Brave New World.

Our Take On Anthony Mackie’s Tom Holland Comments

The Roles Have Flipped For Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson And Tom Holland’s Spider-Man

Back in 2018, Tom Holland’s Spider-Man had a sizable role in Avengers: Infinity War, while Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson had a limited supporting role. Seven years later, Anthony Mackie is set to be the only solo protagonist in the MCU’s 2025 movie slate, as Thunderbolts* and The Fantastic Four: First Steps are both ensemble movies. Meanwhile, Tom Holland’s Spider-Man finds himself at his lowest point after Spider-Man: No Way Home‘s memory-wiping spell erased him from everybody’s memories, including the Avengers.

Both Holland’s Spider-Man and Mackie’s Captain America are likely to play a central role in Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. With no defined Avengers team and nobody officially leading the world’s heroes, Mackie’s Captain America will probably take it upon himself to gather Earth’s Greatest Heroes. Spider-Man will probably step up to fight Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom under the new Captain America’s command.

Source: Fandango