‘Mean People make Me Angry’

What makes you angry in your own life?

Mean people or meanness of any kind makes me angry. Lying makes me angry. There are too many lies and so much hatred in the world. That brings out the Hulk in me.

A lot of people are wondering if this movie has something to say about the real world and the kind of people we have in power.

That’s for people to make that comparison if they want to. That wasn’t our intention when we were making it. A lot of the stuff you are talking about hadn’t happened when we started working on this movie. People will bring their own experience to the movie, but there was not a deliberate attempt to make a political statement with this story in any way.

How was working with Anthony Mackie as the new Captain America?

I loved it. Anthony is such a talented actor and wonderful human being. I know a lot has been said about following in the footsteps of another actor, but to me, he is Captain America. He embodies the character perfectly, and I very much enjoyed working with him again, although I had to be reminded of the first time. He played a dead guy in the trunk of a car in Hollywood Homicide, a movie I did 20 years or more ago. He’s come a long way, I’ll tell you that.

Has the way you approach playing a character changed over the years?

I wouldn’t say so. I have always been interested in human behaviour and different personalities, and that is really the basis of every character I have played. I like to research and try to understand who the character is, why they do what they do, and how that might affect the people around them.

Was Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny definitely your farewell as that character, or could you be tempted back again?

No, that was it. Indiana Jones has been a wonderful chapter in my life. I am proud of the five movies we made, and I will be forever grateful that we got to give the character the ending he deserves.

Why should people go and see Captain America: Brave New World?

Because it’s a beautifully made real-world thriller that also happens to be set in the Marvel Universe.

—Asia Features