Marvel’s Anthony Mackie has been a lifelong fan of all things Star Wars, the actor’s nickname growing up was Lando, and he’s made it clear that he’d be willing to play a background character as long as he makes it into The Mandalorian.
“Yo, when I heard they were doing- this is the one and only time I call my agent, and my manager, and said, ‘It’s gonna be a problem,’ was when I heard they were doing The Mandalorian,” Mackie said on the latest episode of Josh Horowitz’s Happy, Sad, Confused podcast (via The Direct). “I was like, ‘Yo, now, I ain’t gonna make this no conversation. I ain’t gonna get on no, I’m star-type sh*t,’I ain’t gonna yell at y’all, but we we need to- Come on. Come on. I am the best. I have the helmet. I can literally show up in my costume from my house, ready to shoot.'”
Regardless, Mackie wants to appear in the show however he can, even if it means he’ll be relegated to a bit role or someone stuck in the background.
“That’s real. I wasn’t available. Now, I’m trying to get one of those roles in the background, where they’re doing the thing, and I take off my helmet, and go, ‘That was a long flight.’ That’s it,” the actor added. “That’s all I want is one scene. I just want everybody to know that I was one of them.”
The Mandalorian season 3 debuts March 1st on Disney+ while Captain America: New World Order is currently set to hit theaters May 3rd, 2024.
