Will Chris Evans's Captain America Survive Avengers 4? Here's What We Know
The fate of Captain America is in question — mostly because
Chris Evans keeps changing his tune as to whether or not he wants to continue playing the
scrawny military man-turned-superhero, or hang up the shield for good.
The latest news is positive: Joe Russo, co-director of both
Avengers: Infinity War and
Avengers 4, has assured fans that Evans's story in the Marvel Cinematic Universe isn't over nevertheless. However before we get also comfortable with this latest twist, let's not forget the dizzying back-and-forth that went down to bring us to this place.
The frustrating saga started in March 2017, as soon as an interview with
Esquire inferred that Evans could be done with the franchise soon after his six-film contractual obligation was complete. (
Avengers 4 will actually be the seventh MCU film for the actor, however who's counting?) "He wanted to direct, he wanted to play other characters," the piece read — something that is exceptionally complicated any time you're tied up with assignments as hefty as these.
But the following week, Evans softened his earlier sentiments. Speaking this time to
Collider, the opening Avenger insisted that whether or not he continues is "really not up to me," passing the ball to Marvel's court. "The only reason it would end is ‘cause my contract is up. Soon after Avengers 4, my contract is done," he insisted. "Talk to Marvel. If we engage further, I’d be open to it. I love the character."
Evans let the news rest for a whole year immediately after that, not saying another word up until one sneaky little parenthetical quote appeared in a larger profile the
New York Times printed in March of this year.
Looking back at his strong and virtuous roles, the newspaper said that Evans had finished filming the final two
Avengers films for which he was contracted the previous summer. "For right now, he has no plans to return to the franchise ('You wish to get off the train before they push you off,' he mentioned, and expects that suggested reshoots in the fall will mark the end of his tenure in the familiar red, white and blue super suit," they announced, sounding ominously similar to the logic expressed one year prior in
Esquire.
Marvel StudiosThe waffling reached a new extreme whenever Evans talked with
Variety in April 2018. Once pressed on his potential participation in Marvel movies in back of
Avengers 4, the man who'd made a moving train analogy one month prior replied, "Tough to say."
Evans continued, "Part of you almost sort of thinks: Well, if we end on the correct note… and I think it really sort of does. The scripts they have are really pretty and really well written," giving the impression that on May 3, 2019 — the film's release date — crowds will be satisfied with Steve Rogers's story. Up until moments later, any time once he added, "I guess it depends. It’s hard to know where your head’s gonna be at in several years."
Then, in October, immediately after Evans finished his contractual obligation, he fired off a
tweet that several interpreted as a sign-off — and possibly a death sentence for Captain America. "Officially wrapped on Avengers 4. It was an emotional day to mention the least," he wrote. "Playing this role over the last 8 years has been a honor. To each person in front of the camera, in back of the camera, and in the audience, thank you for the memories! Eternally grateful."
In what we can right now deem a tale as old as time, just over one week later, the actor
clarified his tweet while at ACE Comic Con in Chicago, saying that his Twitter musing only
seemed like a spoiler connected with his character's fate, yet without consideration of how
Avengers 4 ends, I would have tweeted the exact same thing."
He continued by noting the high emotions that come with "almost 10 years of filming and 22 movies," and that he "felt it was suitable to share the gratitude," then closed with a classic reiteration: "I am neither confirming or denying anything."
it might appear that the saga should end there, nevertheless we have one more stop — the aforementioned, courtesy of Russo. The director addressed Evans's "emotional" tweet while speaking with
ET Canada in November, adding another whiplash-inducing soundbite to the chronicle.
"I think it was more emotional for him than us, only because, you know, he's not done however Russo mentioned, speedily stifling his diabolical laugh. "And I won't explain what that indicates, yet the audience will soon understand what I'm talking about."
Is this confirmation that
Avengers 4 isn't the end for Steve Rogers? Maybe, nevertheless Evans and the rest of the cast still have several months to flip-flop on the distribute before we all know for sure.
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