Anthony Mackie: I Didn't Know Falcon Becomes an Avenger Until End of 'Age of Ultron'

Is it possible to work on a Marvel film without knowing your character's fate? Captain America: Civil War star Anthony Mackie says it is, because he never knew Falcon would be part of The Avengers until the last scene in Age of Ultron!

Mackie was recently featured in the IGN's set report on Civil War, where he revealed that the producers took extra precautions to make sure the cast never found out what would happen in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

"They never send you the whole script," Mackie said before explaining how he was approached to do the second Avengers movie.

"When they asked me to do [Age of Ultron], they sent me two scenes. There are two hours and seven minutes around those two scenes, but I never got to read it," he said, adding that he discovered the truth only when he finally watched the movie.

"When we were at the premiere I was like 'Cool.' I'm with my son and he gets to see his daddy in two scenes in The Avengers," Mackie continued. "By the end of the movie I turn around and they're like 'Avengers Assemble!' I'm like, 'Holy s--t! I'm an Avenger!!'"

His friends were also understandably happy for Mackie.

"I turn around to everybody with me and they were like, 'Dude! You're a f--kin' Avenger!' 'This is f--kin' amazing,'' he said. "So, that's the story of my Marvel life."

But how is it possible that Mackie shot a scene with the new Avengers team without knowing what would happen? The Triple 9 actor said the actors were given no context before they filmed that scene.

"I had no idea. I flew in, Chris [Evans] and Scarlett [Johansson] are up top and the rest of us are standing there," Mackie said, adding that he followed the instructions that were given without any explanation.

"It was like 'Cut. Anthony fly in. Action. Hm-hm-hm. Cut. All right, thanks!' That was pretty much it. Six months later, you go to a premiere and you s--t yourself," he said.

Mackie returns as Sam Wilson/Falcon in Captain America: Civil War, which premieres May 6.