Thousands of dollars in Marvel set furniture ended up at Anthony Mackie’s place, he says
Anthony Mackie says he walked off a Marvel set with more than memories — and it wasn’t the kind of keepsake you can stuff in a pocket.
On Josh Horowitz’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, Anthony Mackie laughed his way through a very on-brand “heist ” story: he spotted a set of teak outdoor furniture on a Marvel shoot and decided it had to come home with him. Appearing alongside Jamie Dornan while they promoted their new heist series, 12 12 12, Mackie said he usually leaves sets empty-handed — until that day.
“I drive a F250, dog. I pulled up on a Saturday. I talked to the teamsters. 100 for you. 100 for you. Once we cleared out that scene, s*** Yo, I strapped that,”
The target wasn’t random. Mackie pointed out the appeal of teak — wood prized for outdoor furniture because the trees grow slowly and it can take decades to reach the kind of quality you’d want on a patio set. He added that the purloined pieces are still sitting in his house.
Mackie first joined the MCU as Sam Wilson in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and has returned in multiple Marvel films since. This isn’t his first souvenir, either. In 2024, he posted a photo in a bright red Santa sweater and admitted in the caption he’d snagged it off the set of his holiday comedy The Night Before, which fans immediately recognized.
He’s not the only one
- Daniel Radcliffe — kept Harry Potter ’s glasses from both the first and the final films, according to the Daily Mail.
- Rupert Grint — took the Privet Drive house number plate and once tried (unsuccessfully) to nab the golden dragon egg from Goblet of Fire, per the Daily Mail.
- Emma Watson — told Time for Kids she brought home multiple items to remember playing Hermione.