Sebastian Stan won the Golden Globe for best actor in a motion picture (comedy or musical) thanks to his acclaimed performance in “A Different Man,” and few people were more excited than his longtime Marvel co-star Anthony Mackie, who proceeded to crash several of Stan’s post-win interviews with overjoyed enthusiasm for his friend. The two actors have been Marvel scene partners since 2014’s “Captain America: The Winter Solider” and co-headlined the 2021 limited series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” on Disney+.
Some Marvel fans were confused at the start of the Golden Globes when Stan chatted with MTV’s Josh Horowitz and made a playful jab at Mackie. Stan was asked which 2025 Marvel tentpole Horowitz should see: the Stan-starring “Thunderbolts” or the Mackie-headlined “Captain America: Brave New World”?
“I don’t know who Anthony is,” Stan said while ending the interview short and running into the ballroom for the awards ceremony.
Mackie later appeared on stage during the Globes telecast to present the award for best animated feature to “Flow” alongside his new Marvel co-star Harrison Ford. Mackie looked around the ballroom and said: “We’re still friends with Sebastian Stan, by the way.” He then made a heart with his hands.
To prove their everlasting friendship, Mackie proceeded to crash Stan’s backstage interviews after Stan won his Golden Globe for “A Different Man.” Mackie popped into Stan’s interview with Access Hollywood holding a congratulatory rose and singing.
“There is no way that I would be here without Anthony,” Stan said. “We go back a bunch of years now and he’s one of my favorite people I’ve ever worked with. He’s one person who’s been part of this that I get to celebrate with, so it’s great.”
Mackie was even more enthusiastic when crashing Stan’s backstage interview with Entertainment Tonight by chanting: “We won! We won!”
“It’s a team effort,” Stan said with excitement. “Captain America and the Winter Soldier. We’re coming back! I do have to thank Anthony because, actually, back in the day when we were starting these press tours, they said, ‘This kid can’t talk, can’t smile, can’t say anything. We gotta put him with Anthony to get some life in him.’ And maybe I learned from [Mackie]. You have to keep smiling.”
Mackie whipped out a celebratory cigar but stopped short of lighting it on camera. He then asked: “Don’t you have to go back on stage to get your other Golden Globe?” Stan was also nominated in the best actor in a motion picture (drama) category for his performance as Donald Trump in “The Apprentice,” but “The Brutalist’s” Adrien Brody took home that prize.
