The actor last appeared as Captain America in 2019's 'Avengers: Endgame' and made a different Marvel cameo in 2024's 'Deadpool & Wolverine'Chris Evans is seemingly shutting down claims that he will be returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Captain America.

Anthony Mackie and Chris Evans spent five years making Marvel movies together as Sam Wilson/Falcon and Steve Rogers/Captain America. Their characters were close friends, with Steve bestowing the Captain America shield to Sam at the end of 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame.

Avengers, disassemble. Chris Evans, who played Captain America for nearly a decade in the MCU, is not returning to Marvel for the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday. At least that’s what he told Esquire in a profile of his former co-star, Anthony Mackie.

In Anthony Mackie’s new cover story for Esquire, Chris Evans revealed he told his Marvel co-star that he was the next Captain America in the MCU. “I inadvertently was the one who got to tell him that he was going to be Captain America. I didn’t know that he didn’t know,” Evans, 43, said in the story published Thursday.

Sorry folks, Chris Evans says he's not returning to Marvel for 'Avengers: Doomsday' and maybe never at all cause he's "happily retired."

“That’s not true, though,” Evans said when asked about the rumours. “This always happens. I mean, it happens every couple years—ever since Endgame. I’ve just stopped responding to it. Yeah, no—happily retired!”

Chris Evans has breaks silence on rumors suggesting that he will reprise his role as Captain America in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday film. In Esquire's new profile on Anthony Mackie ahead of the release of Captain America: Brave New World,

Captain America star Chris Evans reveals whether or not he's truly returning to Marvel for the next Avengers movie, Avengers: Doomsday.

Captain America star Chris Evans has said he isn't returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Avengers Doomsday or any other film, despite reports to the contrary.