"He's accepted the duties that come with the shield and now you get to see him as his version of Captain America," Mackie told The Hollywood Reporter at the Los Angeles premiere o

His first time on the big screen occurred in “8 Mile,” which stars Eminem as Detroit rapper Jimmy Smith Jr., aka B-Rabbit, in his attempt to launch a hip-hop career. The movie includes autobiographical elements from Eminem’s real life.

Mackie's slyly dogged Captain America has less superpower than his predecessor, and so does this movie. But it does wriggle out of superhero fatigue.