Will Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson have such a run? Captain America: Brave New World opened in theaters on Friday. After all the violent confrontations with Giancarlo Esposito's Sidewinder, Tim Blake Nelson's Samuel Sterns,

Anthony Mackie taking on the role of Captain America, a fictional comic book character initially portrayed as a white man with blond hair and blue eyes, isn’t groundbreaking to comic books fans.

Four years after the release of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier — which saw Anthony Mackie ‘s Sam Wilson struggling with the title bestowed on him by Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers — the star says Marvel’s latest offering finds the character as “full-fledged Captain America .”