<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marvel-star-doesnt-think-captain-america-should-represent-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthony Mackie</a> said he’s “a proud American” as he responded to backlash against him for saying</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> he didn’t believe “the term America” was one of the things that represented the superhero Captain America, who represents things like “honor, dignity, and integrity.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a post on Tuesday on the Marvel star’s </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/stories/anthonymackie/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram Stories</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Mackie wrote, “Let me be clear about this, I’m a proud American and taking on the shield of a hero like CAP [Captain America] is the honor of a lifetime.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I have the utmost respect for those who serve and have served our country,” he added. “CAP has universal characteristics that people all over the world can relate to.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The original comments came while Mackie, whose character Sam Wilson has now taken over the Captain America role, was on a press tour in Rome and was asked about his role in the new Disney movie “Captain America: Brave New World.” The hero role was formerly played by </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-evans"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chris Evans</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, as previously </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/marvel-star-doesnt-think-captain-america-should-represent-america"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“For me, Captain America represents a lot of different things and I don’t think the term ‘America’ should be one of those representations,” the actor said in the clip that’s since gone viral. “It’s about a man who keeps his word, who has honor, dignity, and integrity. Someone who is trustworthy and dependable.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This is kind of like an aspect of a dream coming true,” he added. “You know, when I was a kid … all of us as actors, I believe, want to get back to that day before someone told you no. When you look out your door and you see a five-year-old with a stick and he’s slaying dragons to save the princess in the tower, that kid really believes there are dragons out there, that stick is really a sword, and he’s really trying to save that princess.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Then one day, somebody told him no. There are no dragons, that’s not a sword, and that princess is not there. And all of his little dreams were dashed,” Mackie continued.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After the clip surfaced, a backlash ensued against the actor, with people like country star </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-rich"><span style="font-weight: 400;">John Rich</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> saying he wouldn&#8217;t be taking his kids to see Mackie&#8217;s new movie ahead of its release on February 14, as previously </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/john-rich-joins-backlash-against-marvel-star-wont-take-kids-to-new-captain-america"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I guess I won’t be taking my kids to watch Captain Anti-America,” Rich wrote to his followers on social media. “These idiots will never learn.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Daily Wire Editor Emeritus </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/ben-shapiro"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ben Shapiro </span></a><a href="https://x.com/benshapiro/status/1884224552219336803"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrote</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on X, “These studios at some point will have to stop giving their stars a platform to utterly destroy their product.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Outkick’s Clay Travis </span><a href="https://x.com/ClayTravis/status/1884254118132306332"><span style="font-weight: 400;">asked</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, “Are there any actors and actresses employed by Marvel who aren’t complete and total morons?”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Political commentator Dan Bongino </span><a href="https://x.com/dbongino/status/1884233444881989769"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reacted</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to the clip and wrote, “Another s*** movie I won’t be seeing.”</span></p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/john-rich-joins-backlash-against-marvel-star-wont-take-kids-to-new-captain-america" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Rich Joins Backlash Against Marvel Star, Won’t Take Kids To New ‘Captain America&#8217;</a></strong></p>

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