Anthony Mackie has put within the work to have what many would contemplate an ideal Hollywood profession, however sadly, he has by no means obtained the award recognition he deserves. Due to this fact, it got here as a shock to him when he realized he was nominated for an Emmy.
Presently selling season two of the Peacock unique sequence Twisted Metallic, Mackie stopped by the Jimmy Fallon present to speak in regards to the sequence based mostly on the enduring PlayStation online game franchise.
Earlier than the dialog shifted to the present, Fallon talked about that Mackie had earned an Emmy nomination for his visitor look on Seth Rogen’s Apple TV+ sequence The Studio.
The new Captain America revealed that he was on a set when he realized in regards to the nomination. Nonetheless, as a result of being continually snubbed for his white co-stars, he mechanically assumed the nomination was for another person, not him.
“I’m on set… and I look over and everyone’s like ‘Congratulations!’ And I used to be like, ‘Oh, what white dude received nominated?’” Mackie stated. “As a result of I’m the white dude legend in the case of nominations and wins. I made Ryan Gosling well-known. I made Jeremy Renner well-known. I made Bryan Cranston well-known. I now made Ron Howard well-known! I’m like, if you wish to get nominated, I’m the dude. You understand what I imply?”
A Historical past of Snubbing
Mackie is discussing the quite a few instances he and others felt he ought to have obtained some award recognition, however all of the reward goes to the white males. Mackie was Ryan Gosling’s co-star in 2006’s Half Nelson, for which Gosling earned an Academy Award nomination, however it was crickets for Mackie.
In 2008, Mackie starred alongside Jeremy Renner within the distinctive movie The Damage Locker, which went on to win Greatest Image and earn Renner an Oscar nomination.
He additionally performed Martin Luther King Jr. reverse Bryan Cranston’s Lyndon B. Johnson within the HBO unique movie, All of the Manner, and, sure, in case you guessed it, Cranston was nominated for an Emmy, whereas the Captain America: Courageous New World star obtained no recognition.
So principally, in case you’re a white actor forged alongside Anthony Mackie, likelihood is you’re going to get nominated for one thing.
However we’re rooting for Mackie to carry house that Emmy; it’s been a very long time coming.
