Facing Off with "Real Steel" Star Anthony Mackie

Is there like a bottle of Jack Daniels hiding around here for me? So just ignore him, he's a nasty man. Can we get some drink? Wipers. Stop hitting my dog. Just a flesh wound. Jack Daniel. Sit out. Ha-kwa. Per per-ke.

Yeah. This is the best interview yet. I'm Oliver Trevena here at Young Hollywood Studios with this handsome devil, Anthony Mackie. How are you?

What's up, man? How's it going? I'm good.

I feel like you should look a bit more worse for wear.

Well, you know,

This is your birthday, Friday.

It was my birthday Friday. You know, I so off fan.

What did you do for your 21st?

Uh, I, uh, made a beverage and went to work and came home and cooked dinner.

Nice. Yeah. Wow. Not what I expected.

Had to work on my birthday, man. Times are rough. We're we're in a recession. We are. We are. You know. Um, Jack Daniels, I'm sure. Right. Very good.

Who told

Is there like a bottle of Jack Daniels hiding around here for me?

There might be. God, did they tell? Who told you that?

No, mate, I just guessed. I looked at you. Everything about you. Everything about you says Jack Daniels.

I know. I know. It's it's the black and gold. I know. Or maybe it was a violent street when you beat my dog up.

No. I mean, your dog missed. It tried to jump and it missed, man. I don't hit dogs. My dog jumped up and and he threw a chair on the floor. I was like, "Yeah, Jack Bauer." She's just saying. It was kind of like a scene out of Real Steel. La de da de da, Jack Daniels went in to make a name of himself. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Drink on set. Uh, yes. I love that.

Yeah, yeah. I mean, I mean, I feel like you have to. I feel like your true the true essence of who you are does not come out until two beverages in. I need to be in the acting world 'cause that would suit me so much better.

No, no. It works right now. Where's the What that mean? Can we get some drink? Wipers. Let's get some drink in here. Where's the Jack Daniels, playboy? This is the best interview yet. Someone speaks my language. Al Davis said it best, just Jack, baby, Jack. You know what I mean? Da da da da da. Um

Okay, I have no idea what this is. Pa-kwa, per-per-ke, per. It kind of looks like Jack Daniels and a not so Jack Daniels way.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. We're past on that. Yeah. And the robots were actually there. It They were real 8-ft, some of them 9-ft tall moving robots. Wow. So, it was it was really weird, dude. It was these huge robots and like I'd be talking to you and there'd be a robot behind me like this. And he's dying. You want to fight, Midas? 50,000 guaranteed winner takes all. 50? Really? 50? Now you're talking. So I'm like, you know, Jack Bauer effect. If something in a room don't seem right, you shoot it. Just a flesh wound. Got it. Just a flesh wound.

Did you did you did you do that?

No. No, I mean, no, no, no. What point in this interview have I gone

You've never heard that? The mighty python? I'm not dead yet. Oh, yeah. Okay. No, you're not. Yeah. See, that's a pretty good act.

Yeah. I just thought you were mocking me.

No, man. Why would I mock you? Come on. You have a dog. Your dog is snoring. It really is. It's snoring right now.

No, he's just let one go as well. It wasn't me. I heard they do that, man. That's for you. Whoa. Whoa, whoa. See what I mean? See what I mean? That's why I don't mess with British chicks. Right? No. Look. Chill out. This is one of the best looking ones so far as well. As what I'm saying. I shouldn't say that. I was kidding. Um, and also you've opened a bar in New York.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I built a bar in Brooklyn. So I go No bar. Yeah, yeah, yeah, in Crown Heights. So, if you're in Brooklyn, come, have a bell.

I love it. I will, definitely. See what I mean? And maybe some of your meat balls which I hear are amazing.

I and the sauce on my balls will leave you licking your fingers.

I will definitely come to New York and lick the sauce of your balls.

No, and I'm telling you this, you will have sauce on your face because you can't, I mean, when you put my balls in your mouth, the sauce just runs down your face. It's absolutely amazing.

And you compare construction to acting. Is that right? In some way?

100%. You know, if you do construction, you have to realize you have to delegate positions. You have Hugh Jackman partying and showing up late, drunk. I'm partying and showing up late, drunk. You know what I mean? But dude is there every day working like a monster. You don't want to show up, you know, smelling like Jack Daniels. Which one is want to do? And which one might have done? Which one did? Had strong chewing gum. Boom. Jack Daniel.

And you said about football, this is a this is a football shirt. American football. What team is that?

This is what's known as a Jersey, which has dog's hair on it.

Well, I'm just confused because obviously football generated from my country. That was good, right? That was bad. That was good. That was bad. That was bad. All right. I've been working on it, man. All right. George, you just ignore him. He's a nasty man. Stop hitting my dog. Right? One more chance or this will turn into a guy with chill. Sit out. Stop. All right, he's awake. All right. Now we're good. Mackie. I'm over it. All right? I don't care all your people that you've got back there. No. Look, look, here. Well. Georgie. Look. See? She's she's just fighting for the opportunity. Put my leg there. Anthony, I'm going to wrap this up because I fear for my dog's life. I'm the dog is I'm the dog might get jacked, but the dog is fine. I want the dog. That's the problem. I don't know how you pick up girls, but you're not doing it the right way.

I hit on with pillows. I hit on with pillows.

Thank God it's pillows.