Captain America: Brave New World director Julius Onah is proud of his work on the superhero movie. The upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) blockbuster will be the cinematic introduction of Anthony Mackie’s Captain America – after Chris Evans departed as the star-spangled superhero in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.
The 41-year-old filmmaker has teased Brave New World will stay faithful to the previous Captain America trilogy’s “incredibly relatable” and “grounded” nature.
Speaking with Fandango, Onah said: “What’s been so great about the Cap movies, in the corner that they have in the universe, is they’ve operated as these incredibly relatable, grounded thrillers, right?”
The Cloverfield Paradox director explained Mackie’s alter ego Sam Wilson is at the heart of the movie’s reliability and promises the character would be an “earthy, grounded Captain America”.
He said: “I think it’s so important for a film like this when you have somebody like Sam Wilson at the centre. This is a guy who is an earthy, grounded Captain America.”
Onah added Sam Wilson was “someone we can see ourselves in” and “relate to because the choice he made for how he wants to have his role work as Captain America”.
Reflecting on the movie, the Luce filmmaker laid out what his initial goals for Brave New World’s tone and story arc were.
He said: “[It was about] bringing that style, bringing that energy, [and] bringing that sense of danger and vulnerability.”
Onah turned his attention to Brave New World’s stars Mackie and Danny Ramirez and praised the pair for their unwavering commitment to the blockbuster.
He gushed: “You know, I got to throw it right back to Anthony, I got to throw it right back to Danny.
“It is something really, really special that no matter what kind of genre of movie it is as a director, it’s a real treat to hop on set and know that these two guys are going to give it their all, and that’s what they did.”
Captain America: Brave New World follows Sam Wilson (Mackie) as the new star-spangled man as he and his sidekick Falcon (Ramirez) try to foil a nefarious global plot, before President Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford) reveals himself as the dreaded Red Hulk.
The film opens in Singapore on Feb 13.
