"He's accepted the duties that come with the shield and now you get to see him as his version of Captain America," Mackie told The Hollywood Reporter at the Los Angeles premiere o

Brave New World is a perfect example of studio math gone wrong. On paper, the 35th MCU entry should be a sure-fire winner. For a little bit of spice, give a dash of heralded character actors Giancarlo Esposito and Tim Blake Nelson.

Mackie's slyly dogged Captain America has less superpower than his predecessor, and so does this movie. But it does wriggle out of superhero fatigue.