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The six-episode series, debuting Friday on Walt
Disney Co's Disney+ streaming service, stars Anthony Mackie as
The Falcon and his alter-ego Sam Wilson. Sebastian Stan plays
Bucky Barnes, also known as The Winter Soldier.
The pair were last seen coming back from oblivion in the movie
"Endgame", along with half the world's population after they
were erased out of existence by adversary Thanos, a period known
as the blip.
"The biggest question is 'What is the new normal post-blip?',"
Mackie said in an interview with Reuters. "Everyone is trying to
figure out how they fit back into society. So that's the big
question that's answered."
Both Mackie and Stan developed backstories for their characters,
who had largely supporting roles in the Marvel films, and worked
with writers to help create the series.
Lead writer Malcolm Spellman said he aimed to create a tone
similar to buddy cop films such as "48 Hours," "Bad Boys" and
"Lethal Weapon."
"Those movies are able to be fun and muscular but very, very
grounded and deal with very, very serious issues in a way that
doesn't alienate people," Spellman said.
One of the issues explored in "Falcon and the Winter Soldier" is
racial discrimination. In the first episode, Wilson tries and
fails to get a loan from a bank, and throughout the series the
character grapples with how a Black man should represent a
country that he feels doesn't represent him.
"I was grateful to have a chance to be a part of making sure it
was honest and making sure that his Blackness wasn't muted - do
you know what I'm saying? - and his opinions were real,"
Spellman said.
(Reporting by Rollo Ross, writing by Lisa Richwine; editing by
Jane Wardell)
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