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I’ve added high quality scans of from the May 2018 issue of Empire UK in addition to the March 16th, 2018 issue of Entertainment Weekly, all centered around the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War. Check them out below:
SlashFilm.com — And now, here is our final interview from the set of Avengers: Infinity War. Today, we bring you our roundtable conversation with Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes, AKA Winter Solider) and Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson, AKA Falcon).
In typical Marvel fashion, the actors were told to reveal nothing to us. This is sometimes frustrating for a journalist on set just trying to figure out what exactly he is watching, but in this case, it’s extremely entertaining. You may not learn much from this interview with Mackie and Stan, but I promise that you will enjoy their antics.
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Anthony Mackie: Hello, everyone. Welcome to Avengers 3. My name is Anthony Mackie. This is Sebastian Stan. If you have any questions, direct towards us. We will answer them in a timely fashion. Do not ask anything about the movie because we will not answer. This will go extremely well and you will enjoy.
What’d you think about Wonder Woman?
Sebastian Stan: I haven’t seen it.
Mackie: Loved it. It’s great. Ladies, great job all of you. Great job. I’m very proud of you.
We noticed Bucky isn’t frozen. You’re walking around here.
Stan: This is where he’s not frozen. That’s good for someone.
What’s he doing in Wakanda?
Stan: The same thing he was doing in Wakanda the last time you saw him in Wakanda.
Mackie: Hanging out. Eating Wakandanese food.
Stan: Dreaming in his little spacecraft. Well, that’s the last time you saw him, right? So, he’s here taking in the scenery, I guess. And the scenery ain’t great?
Will he be in Black Panther? Because that’ll have come out by the time we run this.
Mackie: We’ve already told you, we can’t say. I congratulated your people and everything. You’re messing it up.
In between Civil War and Infinity War, has Falcon been with Cap and Widow?
Mackie: No. We all kind of went on our separate ways after Civil War. We all kind of went on our separate ways and we were in hiding because of everything that happened in Civil War. So now, we get the call to rally, and here we are: Avengers 3.
What are you rallying for?
Mackie: Freedom. Truth. Social liberties and peace with all men and women.
Stan: And Mel Gibson.
So the villain in this one is Thanos. What can you tell us about Thanos? What does Winter Solider think about him? What does Falcon think about him?
Stan: Winter Soldier is just enjoying his new arm. And that’s really where he’s at.
Mackie: It’s a nice arm. All lubed up and ready to go.
Stan: And he’s learning new information as he goes along.
Your character is a very realistic kind of guy, so what does he think when he hears about this all-powerful being who’s going to kill everyone?
Mackie: One thing about Falcon I’ve always loved since the beginning of discovering this character is his Military background, his belief that his job in life to fight for his fellow man. So when he hears about [Thanos and] his overall idea of world destruction, he’s very disheartened and shaken by it. He’s eager to get into the fight against this super evil, this diabolical demon known as Thanos. Y’all know who’s playing Thanos? Right! Right? I mean when you think of Thanos–
Stan: You think of W. He was so great in that movie.
Mackie: Brolin.
Stan: He’s a great actor.
Winter Soldier’s been through a lot of emotional trauma. Has he had some therapy since Civil War?
Stan: Absolutely. Yes. Definitely. Much more.
So he’s more peppy and perky?
Stan: I’ll tell you, in the ten pages that I was allowed to read, I didn’t see that.
Mackie: No perk.
Stan: For the other, I don’t know, 90 to 100 pages that are in this film, that I did not read, I have no idea.
How do your characters feel getting back together again, since we know you were best buds?
Stan: This was our first scene reuniting, and I thought it was warm–
Mackie: It was. A warm greeting. I realized he’s had a rough few years. He’s been frozen. I’m black so I haven’t aged. We’re just surprised to see each other again. On a new mission. Continue reading
Collider.com — Last summer, I was invited alongside a group of journalists to visit the Atlanta, Georgia set of Avengers: Infinity War. You can read a more in-depth account about my experience on the set here, but suffice it to say that it was indeed epic. The amount of star-power in this movie is mind-boggling, and over the next several weeks I’ll be publishing interviews with the cast and creatives behind it all. They couldn’t reveal much in the way of specifics, of course, but it was really fun to just see their banter and interactions — which is really the crux of what the Avengers movies are all about.
So much has happened in the MCU since we visited Pinewood studios, and we got a little update at the end of Black Panther about Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) , a.k.a. the Winter Soldier’s whereabouts. As for Anthony Mackie’s Falcons, one of the primary questions was that, for such a grounded character, what has it been like for his character to see things like a talking raccoon, much less Thanos? The two actors filled us in:
QUESTION: So what is Bucky doing in Wakanda?
STAN: The same thing he was doing in Wakanda the last time you saw him in Wakanda.
MACKIE: Hanging out. Eating Wakandanese food.
STAN: Dreaming in his little space craft. Well, that’s the last time you saw him, right? So, he’s here taking in the scenery, I guess. And the scenery ain’t great?
In between Civil War and Infinity War, has Falcon been with Cap and Widow?
MACKIE: No. We all kind of went on our separate ways after Civil War. We all kind of went on our separate ways and we were in hiding because of everything that happened in Civil War. So now, we get the call to rally, and here we are: Avengers 3.
What can you tell us about Thanos? What does Winter Solider think about him? What does Falcon think about him?
STAN: Winter Soldier is just enjoying his new arm. And that’s really where he’s at.
MACKIE: It’s a nice arm. All lubed up and ready to go.
STAN: And he’s learning new information as he goes along.
For Anthony, your character is a very realistic kind of guy, so what does he think when he hears about this all-powerful being whose going to kill everyone?
MACKIE: One thing about Falcon I’ve always loved since the beginning of discovering this character is his military background, his belief that his job in life is to fight for his fellow man. So when he hears about Thanos and his overall idea of world destruction, he’s very disheartened and shaken by it. He’s eager to get into the fight against this super evil, this diabolical demon known.
Winter Soldier’s been through a lot of emotional trauma. Has he had some therapy since Civil War?
STAN: Absolutely. Yes. Definitely. Much more.
So he’s more peppy and perky?
STAN: I’ll tell you, in the ten pages that I was allowed to read, I didn’t see that.
MACKIE: No perk. Continue reading
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Entertainment Weekly is known for it’s special collector edition covers and Avengers: Infinity War is the latest to get the honor with a whopping 15 exclusive covers featuring a variety of characters from the film including our obvious favorite, Bucky Barnes.
Sebastian is pictured with actress Pom Klementieff as Mantis from the film Guardians of the Galaxy VOL 2 in one of the 15 covers for the March 16th issue. You can view the cover in high quality in our gallery now.
All the stars came out for the Oscars this past Sunday night, and although Sebastian wasn’t in attendance for the show itself he was definitely in the spirit as he attended both the 26th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party and the 2018 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones on March 4th.
During the show Sebastian’s I, Tonya co-star Allison Janney took home the award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Tonya’s abusive mother. Congratulations to both Allison and the I, Tonya crew!
Screenrant.com — Avengers: Infinity War star Sebastian Stan appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America, and posted a photo from the show’s set of himself posing with a toy replica of the Infinity Gauntlet. The appearance was to promote Avengers: Infinity War and a new children’s charity initiative called Marvel: Universe Unites.
Stan, who plays Bucky Barnes aka. the Winter Soldier, posted a video on Instagram of him flexing a toy version of the Infinity Gauntlet – one of the key artifacts wielded by the cosmic villain Thanos in Infinity War. Stan appeared on GMA alongside Paul Bettany, who plays The Vision (and formerly voiced Tony Stark’s AI assistant J.A.R.V.I.S.), and Karen Gillan, the reformed villain Nebula from the Guardians of the Galaxy movies (who will also be appearing in Infinity War). The upcoming Infinity War will be the first of a two-part movie that will end this current generation of Marvel movies and transition into a new phase with emphasis on new or currently supporting characters.
The Good Morning America appearance, and the accompanying Instagram, was to begin the push for Marvel: Universe Unites. This is a charitable drive co-branded to help promote Infinity War (as the existing Marvel universe will unite in the film). It is part of a larger charitable initiative called Hero Acts that works to support the Save the Children charity.
The video came with a flurry of social media activity that also included a photo of the three actors posing with a bevy of Marvel toys. The concept between Universe Unites is that each Marvel actor would play with the toys given to them in a large box, and pose with them for social media photos. The toys would then be sent to a child in need. The photo of Bettany, Gillan, and Stan aims to reach one million likes on Instagram. If the photo hits the desired number, Marvel will donate $250,000 to the charity. Marvel will also be donating 10 percent of Marvel toy sales proceeds earned on Saturday, March 3.
The character of Barnes is notably outfitted with a cybernetic arm after losing his left arm in an accident during World War II that presumably had taken his life. He was last onscreen missing the arm completely. It is notable, then, that Stan is the one posing with the Gauntlet. In the comics, the Winter Soldier eventually takes up the mantle of Captain America when Steve Rogers is apparently assassinated. It has been theorized that part of the Marvel push past Infinity War will be to feature Barnes as the new Captain America, and it is possible that Barnes unleashing the power of the Infinity Gauntlet may play into this somewhat.
Seldom is anything done in the public sphere by a Marvel Cinematic Universe actor without some sort of subtext or cryptic hinting. Marvel is notoriously tight-lipped when it comes to future movie events and the trajectory of the MCU storyline. It is unlikely, then, that the post by Stan on the show was merely a fun bit of happenstance. It is possible, though, that we will have to wait past Infinity War for the meaning of the act, as the currently untitled fourth Avengers movie will continue the story from May’s Avengers romp.