Anthony Mackie mirrored on his friendship with the late Malcolm-Jamal Warner, whom he referred to as a “stunning human being.”
In an interview with Folks selling the second season of Peacock’s Twisted Steel, the Captain America: Courageous New World star remembered the late actor, who died July 20 in an unintentional drowning whereas on a household trip in Costa Rica on the age of 54.
“I’m proud to say Malcom-Jamal Warner was a good friend of mine,” Mackie mentioned of The Cosby Present alum. “He’s any individual that I knew and frolicked with, and simply was such an exquisite human being.”
He continued, “And each time I used to be round him, I used to be capable of take full benefit of these conversations and that point. That, for me, is a very powerful factor.”
Mackie additionally paid homage to a different late performer, Andre Braugher, whom he described as an “icon” and mentor. The Brooklyn 9-9 actor died in December 2023 on the age of 61 from lung most cancers.
“Being in New York and that new child on the theater scene — to have these classes and people moments and have that communicated [by] such — at the moment for me — such an icon within the enterprise,” he started.
“I at all times inform individuals simply take full benefit of these moments [with mentors] and actually be your self in order that that particular person can see, react and interact with who you’re and never some fictitious thought of who you assume they need you to be,” Mackie concluded.
The newly minted Emmy nominee can at present be seen reverse Stephanie Beatriz in Twisted Steel Season 2, the continuation of the post-apocalyptic action-comedy tailored from the PlayStation online game franchise of the identical identify.
