"I would not taint any movie with the reality of the world we're living in right now," says Harrison Ford, speaking at the US premiere of 'Captain America: Brave New World'. "I prefer the reality of the Marvel universe to the morning's news, " adds the 82-year-old action veteran. Despite Ford's wishes, Marvel's latest offering has faced an online backlash over supposedly unpatriotic comments made by lead actor Anthony Mackie, in which he said he didn't think the term "America" should be among the "different things" represented by the superhero.
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00:00You again. How many times are you going to do that?
00:08Last question before I move on.
00:11You've only got one more.
00:12That's right, last question.
00:14If, in essence...
00:16You want me to ask you a specific time?
00:27I would not taint any movie with the reality of the world we're living in right now.
00:34I prefer the reality of the Marvel Universe to the morning's news.
00:39It's a thriller.
00:40It's a thriller than it is a fantasy, because there's a real human-based story here as well.
00:46There's an Earth-based story.
00:49And part of that story is part of my territory.
00:55So I was pleased to have that emotional reality in a Marvel movie.
01:03I think it's important.
01:05What about Valentine's Day, seeing if I had a date?
01:18Nobody expected it.
01:20He's such a dynamic and amazing player.
01:24We're trying to do something new.
01:28If you look at Captain America The First Avenger and you look at the journey Captain America went on until Endgame,
01:34this movie, Captain America Brave New World, stands in the same position as Captain America The First Avenger.
01:40So now we're building the second phase with a completely different Captain America,
01:45a completely different storyline, but still with the same quality of films.
02:04.