Captain America 4‘s main man disclosed the stringent security procedures he must follow for his next MCU film.
Many people will go to great lengths to avoid spoilers when a new MCU project is unveiled. Fans will either seek out every piece of information, from development to debut, or they will take every measure to avoid knowledge, with some even refusing to view trailers to avoid spoilers.
Because people in the first category frequently expose important plot twists or story beats far in advance of a project’s premiere, Marvel Studios has implemented several safeguards against internal leaks.
Some of these precautions include not informing screening audiences about the films they will be seeing and keeping screenings extremely limited. Unfortunately, Marvel is not flawless, and leaks can occur – in fact, COVID-19 appears to have increased the incidence of leaks in recent years.
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Exactly how does Marvel stop leaks?
Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson) discussed the precautions Marvel takes to stop internal screenplay leaks for its productions, notably Captain America 4, in an interview with Kelly Clarkson on The Kelly Clarkson Show.
In his opening statement, Mackie stated that he had just received the script for his next Captain America: New World Order film, but that he had not yet “read it, opened it, or obtained [his] passcode to the website that enables you access to the website:”
Clarkson: “So, I’m not going to let you stay without asking you like one question, okay? Do you have any information regarding the new Captain America?“
Oddly, I received my script today, said Mackie.
This is a sign, said Clarkson.
Mackie: “as in today. I’ll actually show you the email. My script arrived today. I’ve never read it. not yet opened it. I don’t have the website passcode that allows you to access the website.”
On that last point, Mackie went into further detail. He described the lengthy, multi-step procedure he would have to follow to obtain the script, including how he would “literally get a passcode to a website that gives us a location to meet the person to sign, to sit with a computer, and read our script:”
“We really receive a passcode to a website that offers us a spot to meet the person to sign, to sit with a computer, and read our script,” says Mackie.
Clarkson: “Wow. They have no faith in you.”
Mackie: “They have no faith in anyone. And he always seems to be a 21-year-old intern who simply despises you. He’s like, “Read faster,” you know, while munching on Cheetos, you know? I then declare that I am dyslexic. He then says, “I don’t care.” Like it’s a full thing, sort of.”
The Multiple-Step Script Access Procedure for Captain America 4
One can only guess how much effort is put into keeping other areas of production under wraps based on what Mackie detailed in this interview, which was only the safeguards required for seeing MCU scripts for the first time.
How, for instance, do performers memorize the script’s lines? How are they able to memorize what they need to say if they can only read it for the first time in a private location on a different computer?
Fans are aware from Avengers: Infinity War publicity that Tom Holland and other actors received phony screenplays, and that the majority of the cast mistook Tony Stark’s burial in Avengers: Endgame for a wedding. This suggests that a distinct, physical script is also distributed, but when does that take place?
Fans won’t be able to see what Mackie is apparently reading until Captain America: New World Order opens in theaters on May 3, 2024, in either case.
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