Anthony Mackie and Tom Holland have been Marvel Cinematic Universe costars for the reason that latter debuted as Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil Conflict, and since then they’ve maintained an amusing fake feud akin to the dynamic Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman have. Among the many more moderen examples of this got here in late June when Holland threw shade at Mackie’s golf expertise, however he hasn’t been alone in doing this, as Samuel L. Jackson, a.ok.a. the MCU’s Nick Fury, has additionally gotten in on this playful ribbing towards the actor main subsequent yr’s Captain America: Courageous New World. Now Mackie has responded to the golf shade directed at him in a really on-brand method.
Throughout an interview with IMDB, Anthony Mackie was requested the place he thinks he ranks among the many finest golfers within the MCU. He didn’t waste any time hitting again at Tom Holland, who’d beforehand mentioned that Mackie was “in all probability fucking horrible” at golf, whereas Jackson had as soon as mentioned that the Sam Wilson actor undoubtedly is not the cream of the MCU’s golf crop. As Mackie put it:
Tom Holland talks lots about it, however he do not hit the ball that far. We have performed earlier than and I out-drove him by 40, 50 yards. I am not apprehensive about him. Don Cheadle is sneaky good. The rationale I began taking part in golf was due to Sam Jackson, so I’ve by no means been in a position to beat him. I may in all probability beat everybody besides Sam. And Don is simply too aggressive, man. Don is the kind of dude that’ll put one thing in your bag to mess up your sport simply to sabotage you.
Hitting again towards Holland would have been greater than sufficient for Anthony Mackie, however I like how he additionally used the golf query to each praise Cheadle’s golf sport and acknowledge that the Conflict Machine actor can get too aggressive. With Samuel L. Jackson although, Mackie gave him nothing however props; together with the display time shared between Sam Wilson and Nick Fury in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the 2 actors co-starred collectively in 2020’s The Banker, which could be watched with an Apple TV+ subscription.
However simply because Anthony Mackie confirmed Samuel L. Jackson some respect doesn’t imply he’s getting complacent. As seen beneath, he’s decided to beat Jackson at golf… and naturally he threw in one other swipe at Tom Holland:
I’ll beat Sam Jackson. And I do know for a incontrovertible fact that I can beat Tom Holland, particularly with my new golf equipment. I am unstoppable.
Together with the aforementioned people, the lineup of MCU golfers additionally consists of Kathryn Newton, who playfully challenged Tom Holland to a sport after proclaiming herself to be the most effective golfer within the Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania solid and probably even the complete superhero franchise. Months later, Holland went viral on TikTok for responding to the Cassie Lang actress’ declare and mentioned he’d like to play together with her. I really feel prefer it’s solely a matter of time earlier than an MCU golf sport, if not a complete match is organized, and that’s when Anthony Mackie may have the chance to show he can stroll the golf stroll, and never simply speak the speak. Whether or not he have been to beat Holland or vice versa, we the followers win both method.
Following Sam Wilson formally changing into the brand new Captain America in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, we’ll see Anthony Mackie’s character again in motion when Captain America: Courageous New World opens on July 26, 2024. Though Tom Holland is about to reprise Peter Parker for the MCU’s fourth Spider-Man film, it’s nonetheless within the early days of improvement and nowhere close to near getting a spot on the upcoming Marvel films calendar.
