The Falcon and the Winter Soldier star Anthony Mackie shared his thoughts on a Marvel Studios spinoff series, featuring the likes of Sam Wilson/Falcon and Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanov/Black Widow, potentially dating as they go on Avengers-like quests.
Mackie suggested the unofficial spinoff in a new interview about his upcoming Disney+ series, telling Deadline that Sam owes Natasha greatly for knocking on his door when she and Captain America needed help in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
“Sam Wilson is, for all intents and purposes, just a regular guy who won the lottery because Black Widow knocked on his door and needed a place to hide,” Mackie said. “And he fell in love and was hoping to have a spin-off with Black Widow.”
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Mackie previously talked about the chemistry between Falcon and Black Widow during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in 2017. “It’s interesting, you know, there’s this rapport in my character study that I came up with,” Mackie said. “Because every scene, she’s trying to introduce Cap to a young lady. And when I meet her… Our first scene we shot together, she was like ‘Hey, Falcon.'”
“And I went, ‘Oh, oh, hey Widow.’ And so then, I was like, ‘I get it. Black Widow and Falcon are dating,” Mackie continued. “That’s why she’s trying to give Cap to her friends.’ So if you watch the movie, and watch it real close, you’ll see the love affair that we have for each other. It was intense.”
While Johansson will reprise her role in Black Widow, which is out May 7, fans will recall that the character died at the end of Avengers: Endgame. As such, a potential spinoff involving the femme fatale heroine and Falcon would have to take place prior to the events of Endgame.
In the meantime, fans will have to accept the spinoff series centered on the bromance between Sam and Bucky Barnes, aka The Winter Soldier. An official synopsis for Season 1 of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier reads,
Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Sam Wilson/Falcon (Anthony Mackie) and Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) team up in a global adventure that tests their abilities — and their patience — in Marvel Studios’ The Falcon and The Winter Soldier.
Directed by Kari Skogland, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier stars Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Emily VanCamp, Wyatt Russell, Noah Mills, Carl Lumbly and Daniel Brühl. The series premieres March 19 on Disney+.
Source: Deadline
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