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Kyle Echarri, Juan Karlos Labajo go face-to-face with Marvel star Anthony Mackie in exclusive interview

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<p>Kapamilya actors Kyle Echarri and Juan Karlos Labajo were both starstruck as they met the newest Captain America, Anthony Mackie, in person.</p><p>In his recent YouTube vlog, Kyle shared their once-in-a-lifetime experience, which took place on the second day of the Disney Content Showcase in November 2024 in Singapore.</p><p>The young actor admitted feeling nervous before the sit-down interview with the <em>Captain America: Brave New World</em> star.</p><p>“<em>My heart has just started racing, but I don’t know why. We’re about to go inside to interview Anthony Mackie, and I’m shivering,</em>” Kyle candidly confessed.</p><div><iframe width="1168" height="667" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/whZk8-9ZkmY" title="Me and JK Interviewed THE Captain America!!" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>After the introductions, Kyle kicked off the conversation by asking Anthony what inspired him to become an actor.</p><p>Anthony, a graduate of the renowned Juilliard School, a prestigious performing arts conservatory, explained that it was the idea of the craft itself that he first fell in love with.</p><p>&quot;<em>Most people become actors at a very old age. I’ve been acting since I was seven years old. I love the idea of the craft. I love the idea of being able to walk outside and see the world in a completely different way and experience things in a different way</em>,&quot; the Marvel actor shared.</p><p>For him, being an actor was a gateway to living in places and eras that he would just dream of.</p><p>He went on, “<em>I like recontextualizing the context that I live in, so for me, acting was all of that. I could read stories that were written 500 years ago and escape New Orleans into those worlds. So it was just, it was the idea of playing characters for me; it was an escape from where I grew up</em>.&quot;</p><p>When asked if he felt pressured to take on the iconic Captain America role, Anthony shared that he sees it more as a major accomplishment than any kind of challenge.</p><p>“<em>No, you know, I had done nine movies before this one and TV shows, so there wasn’t the idea of pressure for me. It was a huge accomplishment. It was fun because these movies are like summer camp — you show up to work, and it&#x27;s all the people you’ve known, all the people you’ve worked with<u></u></em>,” Anthony explained.</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DCQFeh4PAO6/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A11805487.400000095%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="673" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>Anthony openly shared that becoming Captain America wasn’t just a personal celebration for him, but also a moment of joy for all of his loved ones.</p><p>“<em>It was just like, you know, everybody who you&#x27;ve worked with since the beginning of your career, and now they get to be part of the opportunity of you becoming Captain America. So it was more of a celebration of me and all my friends than it was just me becoming Captain America. It was like we all did it</em>,&quot; Anthony expressed.</p><p>The Marvel actor also gave heartfelt and meaningful advice to Filipino kids who dream of becoming an actor or perhaps even the next Captain America, just like him.</p><p>&quot;<em>Well, I’ll say to that kid the same thing my mentor said to me, and the same thing I tell everyone: You have to be honest with yourself. The days in which you can lie to yourself are over. So, you have to ask yourself: Do you want to be an actor, or do you want to be a celebrity? Those are two very different things</em>,” Anthony said. </p><p>“<em>If you want to be an actor, you grind, you work for it, and you get it</em>,” he explained. “<em>If you want to be a celebrity, get out of the way of the actors and go be a celebrity. You’re standing in someone else’s spot and taking the prime opportunity they deserve as an actor because you want to be a celebrity. And if you don’t want to be an actor, you’re never going to make it, because it’s too hard and too grueling</em>.”</p><div><br/></div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-1" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C9A3JyrvS4L/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A11805498.900000095%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="673" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-1" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>On a related note, Anthony shared that <em>Captain America: Brave New World </em>is strongly anchored in the legacy of the previous Captain America films by Marvel Studios.</p><p>“<em>This movie is very much in the vein of the other Captain America movies. That’s why it’s a Captain America movie. If you go back and look at the trailer for Captain America: The First Avenger or go back and look at the trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, you know those weren’t slapstick trailers. Those were espionage, thriller-like, sophisticated trailers and sophisticated movies. So, this storyline and this movie stay in that vein</em>,” Anthony explained.</p><p>Anthony further clarified how it stayed true to the process of the previous films.</p><p>“<em>This movie is starting over after the huge, you know, explosion of (Avengers) Endgame, putting that foundation back there and rebuilding this universe on that,” he added. “It’s the same. It’s the exact same repeated process. So, it’s in the same vein and color as Captain America: The Winter Soldier, just now with me as Captain America and me taking on Red Hulk.”</em></p><p>The lead actor also proudly praised their stellar cast in the upcoming movie.</p><p>&quot;<em>We have a great cast. I mean, if you look at Danny Ramirez, Giancarlo Esposito, you look at Tim Blake Nelson, as well as Harrison Ford — I mean, Marvel really put together a dynamic cast of actors. Like, if you look at Harrison Ford, he’s a good actor. He just happens to be a great actor for 60 years now, right? You know, so he’s in the vein of some of the legends. You know, so it’s just — we were just able to get a really good lineup of actors that came out and did a good job</em>,” Anthony shared.</p><div><iframe width="1168" height="667" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1pHDWnXmK7Y" title="Captain America: Brave New World | Official Trailer" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>Finally, Anthony proudly invited Filipinos to watch the film. “<em>What’s up, everybody in the Philippines? I’m sitting here with your boys (Kyle Echarri and Juan Karlos Labajo). We’re having a good time (and) have no idea what they’re doing, but you guys should go see Captain America: Brave New World. It’s a good time</em>.”</p><p><em>Captain America: Brave New World </em>is set to hit Philippine cinemas on February 12.</p><p>In the movie, Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), who assumed the Captain America mantle after the events of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021), finds himself caught in an international crisis and must uncover the true mastermind before the world descends into chaos.</p><div><br/></div><p>—By Jemuel Tandoc</p>

<p>Kapamilya actors Kyle Echarri and Juan Karlos Labajo have gone face-to-face with the newest Captain America, Anthony Mackie, in an exclusive vlog interview.</p>

Kapamilya actors Kyle Echarri and Juan Karlos Labajo have gone face-to-face with the newest Captain America, Anthony Mackie, in an exclusive vlog interview.