United Kingdom, Feb. 13 -- Anthony Mackie believes his casting as the first Black Captain America typifies "the American dream".

The 46-year-old actor portrays the superhero in the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movie 'Captain America: Brave New World', and landing the role "means everything" to him.

He told 'Extra': "My grandfather was a sharecropper, my dad was a roofer and I'm Captain America. Benjamin E. Mays said we study agriculture so that our kids can study math and science, so that our grandkids can study the arts. That's the American dream."

Anthony hopes viewers of all ages can identify with the character's best qualities, just as he looked up to Superman when he was young.

He said: "I think we've got away from just...