Chris Evans agrees that he would be Captain America again, under certain conditions

Chris Evans has accepted that he would be Captain America again, following his departure from the Marvel Cinematic Universe after Avengers: Endgame. Of course, as long as certain conditions are met. It is the first time that he accepts the possibility, and he has said it under a significant number of rumors about his possible return.

The actor stated this during an interview conducted by Comicbook.com on the promotional junket for Lightyear, the new Pixar/Disney movie that tells the story of the origin of Buzz Lightyear. Chris Evans plays the main character. One of the plot arcs that many people would like to see is the story of how Captain America returns to the past to return each of the Infinity Stones to his place so as not to break the timeline.

“Yeah, it seems like it’s something a lot of people want to see,” he said in the interview. “I don’t want to disappoint anyone, but it’s difficult. It was a very beautiful time and I am very happy with the result. It is something so precious to me, that if I return it has to be perfect. I am afraid to modify something too special for me as it is. The role of Steve Rogers means a lot to me, coming back would be pretty hard to come by.”

Rumors of the return of Chris Evans as Captain America

Rumors of the return of Chris Evans as Captain America began in January 2021, when reports began to circulate that he would return at least once more to the role of Steve Rogers. If it happens, he would be in the capacity of a supporting character and not the main character. The same way Benedict Cumberbatch appears in Spider-Man: No Way Home, for example.

As Chris Evans was preparing to step down from his role as Captain America, he started bringing it up in interviews in a similar way. Giving clues to a possibility of it happening at some point. His return seems to be a fact and these are the first clues that the actor is dropping, with a view to a later announcement.

Another possibility is that Steve Rogers/Captain America will return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but not Chris Evans, but in an alternate version, now that the concept of the multiverse has been introduced. Whatever the studio and Kevin Feige’s plans are, it’s kept top secret, as is often the case with everything Marvel Studios does.

At the moment, what we do know is that the fourth Captain America movie is in pre-production. But this time focused on Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson, taking over from Steve Rogers after the events of the Falcon and the Winter Soldier series on Disney+. At the moment there is no specific date for its release.