There's one thing Anthony Mackie has always wanted to do: act in a comic book movie. He did not, however, expect to actually portray one of the heroes. In fact, he set the bar pretty low at first, telling Variety, "I wanted to be in comic book movies so I could be the guy in 'Spider-Man' that goes, 'It's Spider-Man!' That was as far as my ambition could take me in that universe."

It's incredibly sad that a younger version of Mackie thought the only part he'd get in a comic book film would be that of a bystander watching the superhero do their work. It was not for lack of ambition, though. He was just, unfortunately, used to seeing Black people left out of the entertainment industry. With little to no representation, it was obviously hard for him to imagine he would ever be cast as the hero. "The fear of representing a country who doesn't represent you, you know, was something that's not only unfathomable, but hard to overcome," he told Variety. "There are limitations that we place on ourselves because of our surroundings."