Published 12:25 IST, January 15th 2021
Chris Evans to reprise his Captain America role in MCU's new project?
Chris Evans will be reprising his iconic role Captain America in upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe's project. Read everything you need to know about it below.
- Entertainment News
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Chris Evans is recently making headlines thanks to speculations of him reprising his iconic role of Captain America in an upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe; as per reports by Variety. After two years of retiring as the Avengers leader, Chris is looking forward to a return to MCU as a super-soldier Steve Rogers in some capacity. According to Deadline, the actor is more likely to appear in a similar way to how Robert Downey Jr. had appeared in Captain America: Civil War and Spider-Man: Homecoming, which is opposed to being featured in a new Captain movie.
Chris Evans to reprise his role, Captain America?
On January 15, 2021, Chris Evan also took to his official Twitter handle after a few hours after the report broke out. The actor penned a three-word response, “News to me” in his tweet. Hanna Ines Flint too dropped a comment suggesting him to give the people what they want- Steve and Peggy in a romantic-comedy about how the duo got back together in the past. A fan also commented, “Do it anyway” while sharing his video edited by fans.
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In Avengers: Endgame, Chris made it public that the actor would hang up the shield after the film and that the character also hands the shield to Anthony Mackie at the end. However, things have changed over the past few months as the rumors of Chris returning to the MCU as Rogers are going strong on the Internet. According to Variety, the actor is currently booked for a Disney project where he will be lending his voice for the animated action hero Buzz Lightyear in Pixar’s Lightyear. The film will be releasing next year. The actor shared his excitement on Twitter about the new film. He informed his fans that Buzz Lightyear isn’t the toy for him. The origin story of human Buzz Lightyear that the toy is based on.
While making an announcement, Pixar CCO Pete Docter referenced Chris’ history with Disney and he joked about ‘luring the actor away’ from the Marvel Studios over to Pixar. Chris was last seen in the mystery film Knives Out and in the Apple series Defending Jacob. He will next appear opposite Ryan Gosling in The Gray Man, reuniting with director Joe and Anthony Russo.
Image Source: Chris Evans Instagram
Updated 12:23 IST, January 15th 2021