Chris Evans, who turns 41 on Monday, will at all times be synonymous with Captain America, a personality that he performed on the massive display for practically a decade. While he mentioned lately that it will be ‘a tall order’ for him to return within the function, he didn’t provide an outright rejection. It was additionally reported final 12 months that Evans was circling some type of deal that may deliver him again into the MCU fold in a supporting function, just like the one Robert Downey adopted publish his ‘retirement’ from the Iron Man sequence.
Starring within the Marvel films means having to show down a number of different affords, because the sequence’ chronology is essentially set in stone for a number of years. Benedict Cumberbatch, who performs Doctor Strange within the MCU, lately spoke concerning the double-edged sword that the franchise is.
And Evans mentioned that he had a few of the identical apprehensions when he was deciding whether or not to signal on as Captain America or not. He turned down the function a handful of occasions earlier than agreeing, and mentioned in a 2020 interview that it was a telephone name from none apart from Downey that satisfied him to make the leap.
“I knew where they wanted to go, that’s part of the initial deal, not just for Captain America but for Avengers movies and that was daunting,” Evans instructed The Hollywood Reporter. He mentioned that the telephone name from Downey actually helped. “Just hearing him kind of give you that little nudge of encouragement, it just made me feel a little bit more like I was part of the gang and not so intimidated. I guess it was a double edged sword, on the one hand it makes you feel very welcome but on the other hand you just think ‘Oh man, I gotta stand next to this guy? He’s crushing this role. I don’t want to be the weak link here.’ But it was a very nice comforting thing to hear that he was in my corner,” he added.
Both Evans and Downey got emotional send-offs as Captain America and Iron Man in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame. Evans first appeared because the superhero in 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger, three years after Downey debuted as Iron Man. Evans will subsequent be seen in The Grey Man, a spy thriller directed by the Russo brothers for Netflix.
