No one was more surprised than Anthony Mackie that he was the new Captain America – mainly because he thought his character Sam Wilson was going to die in Avengers: Endgame.
In an interview with Fandango, the man behind the new star-spangled hero in Captain America: Brave New World recalled when his co-star and former Captain, Chris Evans, broke the news that he was getting promoted in the comic book universe. "He goes, 'Have you read the new script?' I said 'no' ... he said, 'you don't know?'" Mackie was unaware Wilson had already slung the shield in the comics in 2014 and expected the worst for his character.
