Fact Check - Is the leaked Sam Wilson kiss scene from ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ real or fake? Viral FB post debunked

Recently, an image emerged online, showing actor Anthony Mackie kissing an unidentified man seemingly in the role of Sam Wilson from the upcoming Marvel movie Captain America: Brave New World.

The post first arose on the Facebook page of gaming video creator OmarRoll on August 11 and had a collage of three images from the intimate scene. It was captioned in Spanish, which, when translated to English, reads:

“THE CAP FOUND HIS NEW LOVE [fire emoji] A scene from #CaptainAmerica #BraveNewWorld has leaked, featuring Sam Wilson alongside a mysterious character. What do you think of the twist?”

The Facebook post making false claims about the upcoming Captain America movie. (Image via Facebook/ OmarRoll)

However, the now-viral post has turned out to be fake and is neither related to the character of Sam Wilson nor the MCU movie. In fact, the scene can be traced back to the fifth season of the British anthology TV series Black Mirror, also featuring Anthony Mackie in the role of Danny.

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The leaked Sam Wilson kiss scene from Captain America: Brave New World is not real

The scene is from the premiere episode of season 5 of the sci-fi series Black Mirror titled Striking Vipers, released on Netflix in June 2019. In the Charlie Brooker-directed episode, Anthony Mackie's Danny Parker reconnected with his old college mate Karl Houghton (played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) over a virtual reality version of their favorite video game Striking Vipers.

In a flash-forward scene, the duo was seen engaging in a new version of the same game Striking Vipers X, where the players were given the opportunity to feel real emotions, such as pain and pleasure. During one such game night, as Danny and Karl connected, their game characters got intimate.

Danny, who was committed to his wife Theo (played by Nicole Beharie) and was trying to have a second baby with her, felt conscious at first, but soon he went along with it. Subsequently, they met in real life and shared a kiss (depicted in the now-viral post), leading to tensions in Danny’s marital life.

Notably, no such similar scene from Captain America: Brave New World has been leaked, thus making the recent online claim unfounded and fabricated.

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Everything you need to know about the upcoming Captain America movie

Last month, the first teaser trailer was unveiled, which showed Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson/ Captain America taking part in a brand-new mission. It showed Sam Wilson meeting the newly elected President Thaddeus Ross (played by Harrison Ford) in the White House, with the latter intending to offer the former the role of a military executive as part of his administration.

However, their conflicted history where Ross (as former Secretary of State) got Sam and other Avengers arrested (in Captain America: Civil War) came in the way alongside a global conspiracy involving Captain America’s friend and retired super-soldier Isaiah Bradley (played by Carl Lumbly).

The teaser trailer wrapped up with Sam Wilson taking on a dangerous mission to protect his country, ending in a face-off with Red Hulk.

The film, which is slated to release on February 14, 2025, also saw the return of the likes of Danny Ramirez as Joaquin Torres and Tim Blake Nelson as Samuel Sterns (The Leader), as well as the addition of Shira Haas as Ruth Bat-Seraph. Giancarlo Esposito, Liv Tyler, and Xosha Roquemore are also part of the cast.

Captain America: Brave New World is directed by Julius Onah and co-produced by Kevin Feige and Nate Moore. Notably, during an interview with Entertainment Weekly in July, Anthony Mackie said that the forthcoming film will be a “new beginning” and a “foundation on which Marvel will build the universe now.”

He also added that not only Sam Wilson but all the other characters are “new building blocks” shaping the future of the MCU.