They’re giving major dad energy.

Theo JamesandAnthony Mackieare living in their dad era, and now they’re forever changed.

But who can ignore Theo’s unforgettable turn as Cameron in Season 2 ofThe White Lotus?

Theo James sits on a leather couch, wearing a stylish suit and patterned tie

Anthony and Theo’s answers were strictly all about fatherhood.

“Kids helped that for me.

“But having kids, you realize that some of it doesn’t matter.”

Theo James and Meghann Fahy enjoying drinks on a scenic terrace

“Because when I was a young actor, I was rather hungry.

I’d jump from job to job and fucking all that stuff.

Obviously stopping taking all the Class A drugs helped as well.

Anthony Mackie smiles while sitting in a car, wearing a brown vest, yellow shirt, and fingerless gloves

I’m joking,” Theo continued.

“My kids changed a lot for me, dude,” Anthony added.

Anthony is a dad to four kids he shares with his ex-wife, Sheletta Chapital.

Anthony Mackie dressed as the Falcon, in a detailed suit with mechanical wings, from a scene in a movie

“My dad dropped out of school in eighth grade.

My mom went to a Negro-appointed high school.

I left home with $435.

Closeup of Theo James

I had a classmate who backpacked across Europe for a year after high school.

I was like, ‘How the hell?

That’s a thing?’

Ruth Kearney wearing a white blouse and black sequined skirt, and Theo James in a black suit on the red carpet at the Emmys

Coming from New Orleans, every day was an idea of, how are you going to eat?”

“I have four boys.

I tell my boys, I’m like, ‘Yo, I’m the coolest mother.

Closeup of Theo James

I’m the dad everybody wants.’

And my sons don’t watch Marvel movies.

They have no idea.

Anthony Mackie in a suit, holding a microphone, speaking warmly to an audience in front of a red background

I’ll FaceTime Sebastian [Stan].

I’m like, ‘Yo, man.

Say what’s up to my son.’

Anthony Mackie, wearing a suit and tie, poses with Sheletta Chapital, in a lace dress, at an event

And my son’s like, ‘Hey?’

They don’t [care].

To them, I’m Dad.”

Anthony Mackie at a red carpet event wearing a blue suit and looking to his left

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