Anthony Mackie is addressing Sam Wilson’s controversial comics history ahead of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Marvel had a press conference before the Disney+ series got underway. For those who don’t know, Sam Wilson used to be a street hustler earlier in his comics incarnation, before being “reformed” and becoming a sidekick to Captain America. That blaxploitation angle is kind of hard to see now, but Mackie sees it as an opportunity to improve on that bedrock. With the full focus of the MCU fandom, they’re going to get their chance to explore both Sam and Bucky. The creative team will try to explore each man’s unique past as it pertains to the larger universe. Maybe fans won’t get a direct reference to “Snap Wilson”, but they might get a better idea of who Falcon is apart from following Captain America into battle for the last decade or so.
