Chris Evans Opens Up About Leaving The MCU's Captain America Role
Chris Evans has opened up about exiting the MCU and leaving the Captain America role. The actor is currently busy promoting his new film, Pixar's Lightyear, in which he plays the human character that Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear is based on. Despite this, and several other acclaimed roles since his last MCU performance in 2019 through Avengers: Endgame, the actor continues to be somewhat synonymous with Marvel after playing Steve Rogers/Captain America for almost a decade.
Endgame marked the ending of the Infinity Saga and also functioned as the swan song for some of the franchise's founding heroes. Like Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man and Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow, Evans' Captain America ended his MCU story in the Joe and Anthony Russo-directed film, passing the mantle on to Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson/Falcon. Since then, Evans has been busy pursuing other endeavors outside the comic book sandbox with films like Knives Out and the upcoming The Gray Man. Amidst all this, Evans has admitted that there are certain aspects of playing the Star-Spangled Avenger that he still misses.
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Speaking with Kevin Polowy as part of the press junkets for Lightyear, Evans spoke about the process of leaving the Captain America role and the MCU in general. The actor reminisced about how his life had been in the decade that he was involved with Marvel Studios. Evans said that, while it may be tedious at times, there are things that he misses about the franchise, because of his deep investment in Captain America and his love for his fellow MCU stars. Read his full quote below:
«You know, it’s different. It’s different. For ten years, you always have a movie around the corner.
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