Captain America Visits Real-Life Superheroes at Nellis Airforce Base. When reality and fiction cross paths, sometimes a special moment occurs, this is the case during the Marvel Studios’ Captain America: Brave New World press tour stop at Nellis Airforce Base in Nevada. Anthony Mackie wasn’t just there to do a photoshoot, the man suited up and tandem jumped out of a military aircraft with the pararescuemen of the 58th Rescue Squadron.
Marvel Studios has released photos and footage from a press day for “Captain America: Brave New World” at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada on Monday, attended by stars Anthony Mackie and Danny Ramirez, director Julius Onah and producer Nate Moore. A high point of the day was when Anthony Mackie, who plays Captain America, took to the skies aboard a HC-130J Combat King II aircraft and tandem jumped with a group of pararescuemen from the 58th Rescue Squadron from almost 13000 ft. The character of Sam Wilson, played by Mackie in the film, served in the Air Force’s 58th Rescue Squadron, making this moment all the more special.
In “Captain America: Brave New World,” Sam Wilson finds himself in the middle of an international incident after meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.
Marvel Studios’ “Captain America: Brave New World” stars Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Carl Lumbly, Xosha Roquemore, with Giancarlo Esposito, Liv Tyler, Tim Blake Nelson, and Harrison Ford.
The film is directed by Julius Onah and produced by Kevin Feige and Nate Moore. Louis D’Esposito and Charles Newirth serve as executive producers. The screenplay is by Rob Edwards and Malcolm Spellman & Dalan Musson and Julius Onah & Peter Glanz with a story by Rob Edwards and Malcolm Spellman & Dalan Musson.
“Captain America: Brave New World” opens in U.S. theaters on February 14, 2025.
Captain America Visits Real-Life Superheroes at Nellis Airforce Base
