Captain America’s friendship with Sam Wilson – aka The Falcon – blossoms in this new movie. How would you describe the relationship between these two characters?
Captain America is still a man out of time. Even though he’s become acclimated to this modern era, he’s still relatively alone. In a way, Steve Rogers is a celebrity. He wears a mask when he fights, but everybody knows what he looks like. He’s been frozen for seventy years and there’s a feeling of alienation that can come from that, but Sam Wilson treats him like a regular man. Instead of trying to talk to him as Captain America, the superhero, he talks to him as a soldier. There’s a bond that is formed very quickly and it’s certainly something that Steve Rogers needs at this point in his life.