‘Capitan America: The Winter Soldier’ Anthony Mackie on playing The Falcon (D23 Excl. Video)

Anthony Mackie has been steadily ascending in Hollywood. But next year he will reach new heights as a winged ally of Steve Rogers, The Falcon, in Capitan America: The Winter Soldier. After presenting a couple of clips at the D23 Expo main stage (and giving us a hard time for not wearing Mickey Mouse ears like other reporters) the actor told us about playing one of the few African American super heroes.

“Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and teams up with Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, to battle a powerful yet shadowy enemy in present-day Washington, D.C.”

Captain America: The Winter Soldier arrives in theaters April 4, 2014.