Captain America Star Chris Evans Admits He "Already Misses" Marvel Appearances
Chris Evans officially passed the Captain America torch over to Anthony Mackie during the finale of Avengers: Endgame. Mackie has since appeared as the character in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series on Disney+. But fans are already hoping that Evans could return in the role. Evans is rumored to appear in an upcoming Marvel Studios project as Steve Rogers, but nothing official has been announced and the actor has since denied the reports. Although it seems unlikely that the actor could return in the role, he has revealed that he really misses appearing in Marvel Studios projects.
"You know, it's different. It's different. For ten years, you always have a movie around the corner," Evans told Yahoo Entertainment. "For ten years… it's always, you finish one and your life is scheduled by, 'Okay, six months, we have press. Six more months, we start up on the next movie.' To kind of have open waters, there's parts of it that are nice and there are parts of it that I really, really miss, because it was a role that meant a lot to me. And I love those people and, you know, it'll be the best ten years of my professional life without any question forever."
Based on his comments, it seems that Evans would be willing to return as he's had nothing but good times working with Marvel Studios. ComicBook.com's Brandon Davis recently sat down with the Avengers star and asked him point blank about those Captain America return rumors. Evans played coy, acknowledging the fact that it's something that people really want to see and then revealed what it would take for him to return.
"That seems to be something people would like to see," Evans said. However, he is not exactly eager to jump back into the role despite the fan demand. "I don't want to disappoint anybody but it's tough to... It was such a good run and I'm so happy with it," Evans said. "It's so precious to me. It would have to be perfect. It just would be scary to rattle something that is, again, so, so dear to me. That role means so much to me. So, to revisit it, it would be a tall order."
The next big Marvel Studios film to hit theaters will be Thor: Love and Thunder. The studio describes the film as follows: "The film finds Thor (Chris Hemsworth) on a journey unlike anything he's ever faced – a quest for inner peace. But his retirement is interrupted by a galactic killer known as Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale), who seeks the extinction of the gods. To combat the threat, Thor enlists the help of King Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Korg (Taika Waititi) and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), who – to Thor's surprise – inexplicably wields his magical hammer, Mjolnir, as the Mighty Thor. Together, they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher's vengeance and stop him before it's too late."
The film is being directed by Waititi and will star Chris Hemsworth as the titular character, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster/Mighty Thor, Russell Crowe as Zeus, Jaimie Alexander as Lady Sif, Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star Lord, Sean Gunn as Kraglin, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Karen Gillan as Nebula and Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher. In addition to directing, Waititi will also be reprising his role as Korg. Thor: Love and Thunder hits theaters on July 8th 2022!
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