The Falcon and the Winter Soldier star Anthony Mackie has weighed in on his feelings that his character, Sam “Falcon” Wilson and his close, fellow superhero Bucky “Winter Soldier” Barnes (played by Sebastian Stan) might be gay.
In sum, Mackie gave a very awkward answer, in which he seemed to blame the audience for wanting to see gay characters on screen.First things first: we don’t think Anthony Mackie is a homophobe.
That said, in a new interview with Variety, Mackie shared his thoughts on “shippers” hoping for some Sam/Bucky romance.“So many things are twisted and convoluted.