Anthony Mackie.Photo:Francis Specker/CBS via Getty
Francis Specker/CBS via Getty
Anthony Mackieis recounting a car crash that he calls the “craziest sequence of events I’ve ever experienced.”
“I got something to eat and was driving home. I was smoking a cigar. I was driving slow. I was enjoying life, listening to Whitney Houston. It was a great evening,” he began.
The other driver, he continued, approached him from behind and appeared to lose control of the vehicle. Upon spinning into the guard rail, the “front of her car just implodes. Boom.”
According to the outlet, a front axle and two tires then separated from the rest of the car and ended up in front of Mackie’s. Rather than veer his own vehicle to avoid collision,The Falcon and the Winter Soldieractor said he drove directly into the debris.
Anthony Mackie at the premiere of “We Have A Ghost”.Monica Schipper/Getty Images
Monica Schipper/Getty Images
“[My] car went over the axle and hit the tire, and the axle picked me up and just launched me into the air,” he said. “So I’m flying. I’m high enough to where I can look down on her car.”
According to Inverse, Mackie emerged unscathed from the accident despite severe damage to his vehicle.
“Driving in Atlanta is the best video game you’ve ever played in your life,” he said. “It’s literallyTwisted Metal,” he added in reference to his upcoming acting and producing project, a Peacock adaptation of the ’90s video game.
Mackie has many high-profile Hollywood projects in the works, thanks largely to his ongoing role as Sam Wilson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In 2021 it was announced he’ll take over as the franchise’snew Captain AmericafollowingChris Evans’s tenure.
“I love the fact that he’s a normal guy,” Mackie toldPEOPLEof the character in 2021. “He has no superpowers, he has no serums and all this stuff. He’s just a regular guy who wants to do the right thing.”
“It’s just like, he’s on this whirlwind adventure," he continued. “And the adventure just grows more and more. The discovery of it is something I really enjoy.”
Harrison Ford and Anthony Mackie.Anthony Mackie Instagram
Anthony Mackie Instagram
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Earlier this month, Mackie shared abehind-the-scenes photowithCaptain America: Brave New WorldcostarHarrison Ford. “When Harrison Ford tells you how kicking ass should look, you listen!” he wrote in his Instagram post.
source: people.com
