Chris Evans (Captain America) raved to Anthony Mackie (Falcon) about a great scene in Avengers: Endgame. However, his colleague knew nothing about the big plot twist for his character in the film.
Avengers: Endgame is the grand finale surrounding the well-known group of heroes as they engage in battle against the alien supervillain Thanos.
Towards the end of the film, an aged Captain America is seen. It is time for someone else to carry the iconic shield of the hero. Steve Rogers chooses Sam Wilson as his successor, also known as Falcon.
As Chris Evans recounted on The Tonight Show on November 5, 2019, he accidentally spoiled the scene to the actor playing Falcon, Anthony Mackie, even before filming.
Here you can see a trailer for Avengers 4: Endgame:
“You give me the shield?”
Marvel is also cautious with the actors not to reveal too much information about the events in the films, as Evans makes clear in the conversation.
However, the actor had already received the script for an important scene in Avengers: Endgame in advance. The moment when Captain America hands his shield to Falcon. Evans already knew that Mackie was to carry on the legacy of the hero.
Here you can see the YouTube video where Chris Evans tells the story. Jump to 1:25:
The two actors not only got along well in front of the camera but also behind it. Both filmed in Atlanta, and Evans invited some people over to watch football together.
Mackie was the first guest to arrive. Evans, who thought his colleague already knew about the scene, enthusiastically said:
“Hey man, isn’t this scene fantastic?” And he said, “Which scene?” And I replied, “The… The scene where I give you the shield.”
And he said, “You give me the shield?”
Chris Evans via YouTube
In that moment, Evans realized that Mackie had no idea what was going to happen at the end of Endgame. The actor quickly grabbed the script and handed it to his colleague.
Why fans should no longer cling to Chris Evans as Captain America, our colleagues from Moviepilot explained here.
“I saw him reading the scene for the first time where he receives the shield, and he was so happy that you immediately think: ‘Man, maybe I took this moment away from someone like Kevin Feige… But it was so beautiful to experience this moment,” Evans excitedly recounted in the show.
He found it particularly beautiful that the handover of the title “Captain America” somehow only took place between him and Mackie, similar to the two characters in the film.
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