Sebastian Stan talks filming The Falcon and the Winter Soldier during COVID-19

Sebastian Stan returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the Disney Plus series Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which debuted last week.

The 38-year-old actor returns as the Winter Soldier, alongside Anthony Mackie’s Falcon, in the six-episode series.

The actor appeared in a virtual interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Tuesday, where he spoke about how COVID-19 affected the production, working with Anthony Mackie and more.

Debut: Sebastian Stan returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the Disney Plus series Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which debuted last week

Virtual: The actor appeared in a virtual interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Tuesday, where he spoke about how COVID-19 affected the production, working with Anthony Mackie and more

Virtual: The actor appeared in a virtual interview on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Tuesday, where he spoke about how COVID-19 affected the production, working with Anthony Mackie and more

Both Stan and Mackie made their Marvel Studios debuts in 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, with Stan revealing he wasn’t sure what his future was with the studio, after Avengers: Endgame.

‘We just both knew we were going to stick around in some capacity, you know, because we were alive at the end of Endgame,’ Stan began.

He added that they had each separately gotten called into meetings with Marvel, ‘but then, I ran into him at this hotel in L.A. And I didn’t know he was in L.A.’ 

Co-stars: Both Stan and Mackie made their Marvel Studios debuts in 2014's Captain America: The Winter Soldier, with Stan revealing he wasn't sure what his future was with the studio, after Avengers: Endgame

Co-stars: Both Stan and Mackie made their Marvel Studios debuts in 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, with Stan revealing he wasn’t sure what his future was with the studio, after Avengers: Endgame

Sticking around: 'We just both knew we were going to stick around in some capacity, you know, because we were alive at the end of Endgame,' Stan began

Sticking around: ‘We just both knew we were going to stick around in some capacity, you know, because we were alive at the end of Endgame,’ Stan began

‘And he looked at me funny and I looked at him funny and we sort of started to kind of piece the puzzle together that maybe we were there for the same reason, you know,’ Stan added.

The show follows both of the title characters who reunite for a new mission, in the aftermath of Avengers: Endgame, with production made rather tricky thanks to COVID-19.  

‘It’s very difficult with Anthony because he’s a close talker so you know, the aspect of social distance for him is a difficult thing,’ Stan joked.

New mission: The show follows both of the title characters who reunite for a new mission, in the aftermath of Avengers: Endgame, with production made rather tricky thanks to COVID-19

New mission: The show follows both of the title characters who reunite for a new mission, in the aftermath of Avengers: Endgame, with production made rather tricky thanks to COVID-19

He added that they flew out to Prague to shoot the series early last year, with Meyers showing an Instagram selfie of him on the plane in a full hazmat suit. 

‘But we did because we didn’t know what to expect. And I had my best friend with me, who’s a worse hypochondriac than I was and we just kept piling things on and going I mean, where do we stop with this thing,’ he added.

The actor said they were going to try a new hashtag called #BuckyTakesEurope, but it, ‘led to only three posts and a birthday that happened a few days later. And then, we were sent back.’

Selfie: He added that they flew out to Prague to shoot the series early last year, with Meyers showing an Instagram selfie of him on the plane in a full hazmat suit

Selfie: He added that they flew out to Prague to shoot the series early last year, with Meyers showing an Instagram selfie of him on the plane in a full hazmat suit

Hashtag: The actor said they were going to try a new hashtag called #BuckyTakesEurope, but it, 'led to only three posts and a birthday that happened a few days later. And then, we were sent back'

Hashtag: The actor said they were going to try a new hashtag called #BuckyTakesEurope, but it, ‘led to only three posts and a birthday that happened a few days later. And then, we were sent back’

He added they went to a crowded restaurant in Prague, which, ‘led to me meeting about 35 waiters and hugging them and taking selfies with them and then, ten minutes later, we got a call, we were supposed to get on a plane so I felt really good about how I spent that night, more at risk than ever.’ 

Stan also joked that his co-star Mackie is, ‘like a disease that you’re just going to have to live with,’ adding they, ‘have a good rapport and somehow, they decided to give us a show.’ 

He added that, after returning to New York after production was shut down, he, ‘didn’t know what to expect’ adding that ‘everything felt out of place.’

Crowded: He added they went to a crowded restaurant in Prague, which, 'led to me meeting about 35 waiters and hugging them and taking selfies with them and then, ten minutes later, we got a call, we were supposed to get on a plane so I felt really good about how I spent that night, more at risk than ever'

Crowded: He added they went to a crowded restaurant in Prague, which, ‘led to me meeting about 35 waiters and hugging them and taking selfies with them and then, ten minutes later, we got a call, we were supposed to get on a plane so I felt really good about how I spent that night, more at risk than ever’

Jokes: Stan also joked that his co-star Mackie is, 'like a disease that you're just going to have to live with,' adding they, 'have a good rapport and somehow, they decided to give us a show'

Jokes: Stan also joked that his co-star Mackie is, ‘like a disease that you’re just going to have to live with,’ adding they, ‘have a good rapport and somehow, they decided to give us a show’

‘I went full on like The Aviator Dicaprio OCD. I was taking my clothes off in my hallway and running them to the washing machine, and then, washing every little thing, you know, in the sink,’ he added.

While the early days of quarantine were, ‘really weird,’ he revealed there was an ‘old lady across the street from me who, every night at 7:00 PM, would just come out and blast Frank Sinatra. 

‘You know, and then, everybody else would come out and just sort of join in. And moments like that just feel kind of like they surpass all time,’ he added.

Stan’s new series Falcon and the Winter Soldier debuts new episodes on Disney Plus every Friday. 

OCD: 'I went full on like The Aviator Dicaprio OCD. I was taking my clothes off in my hallway and running them to the washing machine, and then, washing every little thing, you know, in the sink,' he added

OCD: ‘I went full on like The Aviator Dicaprio OCD. I was taking my clothes off in my hallway and running them to the washing machine, and then, washing every little thing, you know, in the sink,’ he added