Anthony Mackie is finally starring in an Anthony Mackie movie

Anthony Mackie is a first -time MCU headliner and co-star of " Captain America: Brave New World" Harrison Ford asked Mackie what he liked to eat during filming for the movie.

Mackie was perplexed: What the hell is clean Italian food? He asked friends, acquaintances, anyone if they knew what “clean Italian food” meant.

Anthony Mackie has been one of Hollywood ’s indispensable glue guys for nearly a quarter-century .

He was the villain rapper who got verbally castrated by Eminem in “8 Mile” and an Army sergeant succumbing to the pressures of war in Iraq .

He debuted as Sam Wilson a.k.a . the Falcon , a superhero without superpowers in 2014 's “ Captain America: The Winter Soldier ” “He comes with this authenticity that he can do almost anything,” says Julius Onah .

Mackie has appeared in more than 60 films, 25 TV and theatre performances since 2002 .

He says he's striving for an ideal, one Jackson offered as advice many years ago : Don’t be a motherf—er.

Being underappreciated is an emotional topic for Mackie , one that makes him wonder what he’s supposed to tell his four sons.