ANTHONY MACKIE!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THERE HE IS!
LOOK AT THIS GUY!
HOW ARE YOU, FRIEND?
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
HOUSE OF YOUR HOLIDAY WEEKEND?
>> IT WAS GREAT, MAN.
I HAVE TO SAY, YOU HAVE A VERY COMFORTABLE COUCH.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE.
>> James: WELL, NOW, YOU WERE BORN AND RAISED IN NEW ORLEANS,
WHICH IS A PLACE I STILL HAVEN'T VISITED.
BUT YOU USED TO RUN YOUR OWN MUSIC LABEL WITH YOUR COUSIN.
WHAT SORT OF OF ARTISTS WERE WE PUTTING OUT?
WHAT SORT OF MUSIC WAS THIS AND WHAT WAS THE LABEL CALLED?
>> SO WE HAD A LABEL CALLED TAKE FOUR RECORDS, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
HAVE ENOUGH MONEY AND ONLY PROVIDED TAKE FOUR TAKES.
IT WAS MY COUSIN AND WE PUT OUT A LOCAL RAP.
IT'S CALLED BOUNCE MUSIC.
WE HAVE OUR OWN CULTURE OF MUSIC HERE.
IF YOU GOOGLE BOUNCE MUSIC, EVERY AFTER THISSIST THAT PUTS
OUT A MAJOR HIT WILL REMIX IT INTO A BOUNCE SONG.
ADEL'S SONG HELLO FROM THE OTHER SIDE, I NEVER HEARD THAT SONG
EXCEPT FOR THE BOUNCE VERSION AND I THOUGHT, THIS IS THE BEST
SONG OF ALL TIME.
AND I HEARD THE ORIGINAL AND I WAS LIKE, SHE SHOULD HAVE STUCK
WITH THE BOUNCE VERSION.
>> James: THERE'S A GROWING PART OF NEW ORLEANS THAT YOU
BUILT IN EVERY RESPECT WITH YOUR OWN HANDS.
I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE KNOW OR LOTS OF PEOPLE KNOW YOU BUILD
HOUSES.
HOW MANY HOUSES HAVE YOU BUILT NOW?
>> WELL, IT'S BEEN SINCE 2006, 2007, SO I HAVE DO ABOUT THREE
OR FOUR A YEAR.
SO I'M CLOSE TO 37, 38 HOUSES.
>> James: BUT YOU'RE GENUINELY IN THERE PUTTING THE WORK IN,
DOING IT, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT FUN.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.
>> James: IS IT?
I LOVE BUYING A PIECE OF DIRT AND THEN, THREE MONTHS LATER YOU
COME AND YOU HAVE A COMPLETELY NEW STRUCTURE THAT YOU'VE BUILT
AND CREATED WITH YOUR OWN HANDS.
>> James: I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A SHOW IN THIS.
"AVENGERS ASSEMBLE "."
( LAUGHTER ) IT'S JUST YOU AND THE AVENGERS
BUILDING HOUSES.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS ISN'T ON DISNEY + ALREADY!
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT WOULD BE A GREAT SHOW WITH ME AND CHRIS PRATT.
THE LAST THING ON EARTH I WANT TO SEE IS SEBASTIAN STAND OR
PAUL RUDD WITH A NAIL GUN.
>> James: BUT THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT GREAT.
YOU AND CHRIS PRATT ARE PUTTING THINGS UP AND THEN, LIKE,
SEBASTIAN STAND IS TRYING TO SAW SOMETHING AND HE'S LIKE OW!
( LAUGHTER ) >> SOMEBODY WOULD DEFINITELY
LOSE A LIMB.
AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT LIZZIE WOULD DEFINITELY SHOOT A
NAIL GUN AT ME 100% NO FAKE.
>> James: IF YOU WANT TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, I THINK THIS SHOW
IS A GO, I REALLY DO.
NOW, YOU'RE BACK IN THE MARVEL UNIVERSE.
YOU'RE IN THE SERIES "THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER" WHICH IS
OUT ON DISNEY PLUS IN MARCH.
YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS, EVERYBODY ONLINE IS SAYING
YOU'RE THE NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA, AND I THINK YOU ARE.
( LAUGHTER ) THAT'S IT.
I THINK YOU ARE.
I THINK IT'S YOU.
>> NO, THE THING IS, IF YOU WATCH "END GAME," AT THE END OF
THE MOVIE, SAM WILSON NEVER ACCEPTS THE SHIELD.
HE ACTUALLY TELLS CAP THAT THE SHIELD IS FOR HIM AND IT DOESN'T
FEEL RIGHT ON HIS ARM.
IF YOU LOOK AT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, MARVEL IS GREAT AT BUILDING
CHARACTERS OVER THE COURSE OF MANY FILMS, AND FROM WINTER
SOLDIER WHICH IS MY FIRST MOVIE TILL NOW, MY WHOLE GOAL IN THE
MARVEL UNIVERSE WAS TO HELP CAP, WAS TO BE CAP'S FRIEND.
>> James: SURE.
SO AT NO POINT IN TIME IN "END GAME" DID SAM WILSON ACCEPT
THE SHIELD AT ALL.
AS A MATTER OF FACT IT MADE HIM HAPPY TO COME BACK FROM TIME AND
STAND ONCE AGAIN AT CAP'S SIDE.
>> James: BUT I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE SERIES KICKS OFF.
THIS IS BASED ON NOTHING, I SHOULD SAY.
I THINK IT -- THIS IS MY OWN THEORY -- IT KICKS OFF WITH YOU
BEING, LIKE, OH, I CAN'T DO IT, I CAN'T DO IT, AND BY THE END OF
EPISODE ONE, BANG!
HE'S GOT THE SHIELD, AND WE'RE OFF TO THE RACES.
>> SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THIS QUESTION AND I'M GOING TO BE
VERY SINCERE.
>> James: ALL RIGHT.
I MIGHT GET IN TROUBLE, I DEFINITELY AM GOING TO GET A
CALL ABOUT THIS -- EVERY MARVEL MOVIE, THERE'S BEEN PHOTOS
LEAKED OF A CHARACTER OR AN EVENT BIPAP RATSY BEFORE A --
POPARAZZI BEFORE THE SHOW OR MOVIE CAME OUT.
SO IF WE'RE SHOOTING IN ATLANTA, PRAGUE, WIDE OPEN AREAS, AND I'M
CAPTAIN AMERICA, NOT ONE POPARAZZI WAS THERE TO TAKE A
PICTURE OF ME?
>> James: OR -- WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, I'VE GOT IT -- IT'S THE
LAST -- IT'S THE LAST SCENE OF THE SEASON, AND THAT'S WHY THEY
HAVEN'T GOT IT BECAUSE THE LAST THING IS YOU PUT THE THING ON
THE SUIT ON AND YOU'RE INSIDE, INTERIOR, AND YOU GO, I'M READY,
I'LL DO IT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Reggie: THAT'S THE LINE?
>> James: COME ON.
AND THIS IS WHY YOU'RE NOT A WRITER FOR MARVEL.
>> James: I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, THEY'LL PLAY THIS
CLIP BACK.
( LAUGHTER ) NOW, YOU HAVE TO BE -- BECAUSE
YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, CAPTAIN AMERICA --
( LAUGHTER ) -- YOU HAVE TO BE IN GREAT SHAPE
WHEN YOU MAKE "AVENGERS" MOVIES.
IS THERE A TIME -- AND I KNOW YOU REALLY LOOK AFTER
YOURSELF -- IS THERE A TIME WHEN YOU THINK, DO YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M
JUST GOING TO GO NUTS AND LET GO NOW AND JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS,
JUST TAKE THE WHEELS OFF?
>> OF COURSE.
EVERYBODY HAVE THEIR CUTOFF DATE, SO MY NUMBER IS 55, AND MY
GOAL, EVER SINCE THE BEGINNING OF MY CAREER, MY GOAL WAS TO BE
THE OLD, ANGRY POLICE CHIEF IN TE STATION HOUSE THAT JUST
COMES OUT AND YELLS AND CURSES AT EVERYBODY LIKE THE OLD DUDE
IN BEVERLY HILLS COP, THAT'S MY GOAL AND MY CAREER.
SO IF THEY MAKE -- I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE LAW AND ORDER
NEW ORLEANS.
I COME OUT, AND I'M THE POLICE CHIEF, AND I'M LIKE, DAMN IT!
GO SOLVE THE CASE!
AND GO BACK IN MY OFFICE.
YOU WORK ONE DAY A WEEK, YOU MAKE A BUCKET OF MONEY AND NO
ONE QUESTIONS YOU.
>> James: I LOVE THIS.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS AS A CAREER PLAN, AND THEN WHEN THAT
SHOW IS ON -- WHICH WILL BE IN, LIKE, 20 YEARS' TIME -- WE'LL
ALL GO TO OUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, HE USED TO BE CAPTAIN AMERICA.
>> LOOK AT HIM NOW.
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: YOUR NEW MOVIE
OUTSIDE THE WIRE, TELL THEM WHAT IT'S ABOUT AND WHO YOU PLAY.
>> BASICALLY, I PLAY LEO, HE'S A CYBOR SOLDIER WHO ENLISTS A
YOUNG DRONE PILOT TO GO WITH HIM AND TRY TO STOP THESE BAND OF
BAD GUYS FROM GETTING NUKES AND TAKING OVER THE WORLD.
SO BASICALLY IT'S TRAINING DAY MEETS TERMINATOR, BUT WITH THE
TWO OF US BEING AS SEXY AS POSSIBLE.
( LAUGHTER ) >> James: NOW, YOU SHOT THE
FILM IN BUDAPEST, AND WHILE YOU WERE THERE, WILL SMITH HAD A BIG
MOVIE PREMIERE, HE HAD A HUGE 50th BIRTH AT A PARTY, AND YOU
GOT TO GO TO THIS PARTY, RIGHT?
>> I AM OFFICIALLY NOW WILL SMITH'S FRIEND.
I WAS INVITED TO HIS 50 50th BIRTHDAY PARTY.
YOU WEREN'T THERE.
>> James: I WASN'T THERE.
SO WE'RE IN BUDAPEST, AND MY PUBLISHER CALLS ME AND SHE'S
LIKE YO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS WEEKEND?
IT WAS A BUZZ THAT WILL SMITH WA GOING TO BE THERE AND IT WAS
GOING TO BE HIS PARTY, AND EVERYBODY WAS TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW TO GO.
AND MY PUBLICIST WAS LIKE, DO YOU WANT TO PRESENT WILL SMITH
WITH HIS 50th BIRTHDAY CAKE?
AND I'M LIKE, IT IS WILL SMITH, I WILL JUMP OUT OF WILL SMITH'S
50th BIRTHDAY CAKE IF I GET TO GO TO THE PARTY, RIGHT.
SO SHE'S LIKE, OKAY, COOL.
SO WE GO AND WILL PUTS ON A CRAZY CONCERT, JAZZY JEFF IS
THERE.
>> James: OH, STOP.
THE THIS IS MIND BLOWING, RIGHT.
SO ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE THERE AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING AROUND
HAVING A GOOD TIME.
SO THE CAKE COMES UP, I GO TO PUSH THE CAKE OUT, AND WILL
SMITH TURNS AROUND AND GOES, ANTHONY MACKIE AND I GO, OH,
( BLEEP ), WILL SMITH KNOWS MY NAME.
I SAID, YO, WHAT'S UP?
HE GOES, YO, MAN, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
AND I GO TO HUG HIM, AND HE GOES TO GIVE ME LIKE A PULL ME IN
CLOSE LIKE YOU'RE MY DUDE, LIKE RIGHT HERE, SO WHEN I DO THAT,
HE DOES THAT, AND HE CATCHES ME RIGHT LIKE IN THE SWEET SPOT
WITH A RIGHT HOOK.
AND I WAS LIKE WOW!
HE GRABBED ME AND IS, LIKE, YOU GOOD?
I SAID ARE WE IN A FIGHT?
ARE WE ABOUT TO GO RIGHT NOW?
LET ME GO, WHAT ARE WE DOING?
AND HE HELD ME TILL I GOT MY BALANCE BACK.
I KNOW SOMEBODY GOT VIDEO OF THIS BECAUSE HE STRAIGHT-UP
PUNCHED ME IN THE JAW BUT I CUR SURVIVED A RIGHT HOOK FROM
MOHAMED ALI.