In July 2024, Marvel fans were rocked by the announcement that Robert Downey Jr. — Iron Man himself — would be returning to the MCU in the role of Doctor Doom in "Avengers: Doomsday." Now, Chris Evans has also joined the cast of the fifth "Avengers" installment, and there's no guarantee that he'll be playing the Captain America we know.
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00:00In July 2024, Marvel fans were rocked by the announcement that Robert Downey Jr., Iron
00:05Man himself, would be returning to the MCU in the role of Dr. Doom in Avengers Doomsday.
00:10Now, Chris Evans has also joined the cast of the fifth Avengers installment, and there's
00:14no guarantee that he'll be playing the Captain America we know.
00:18Steve Rogers has been a fan-favorite freedom fighter since his MCU debut in 2011, and audiences
00:23were sad to see his send-off in 2019's Avengers Endgame.
00:27With the first Avenger now a senior citizen, it's unlikely that Earth-616 Cap will take
00:32back his shield from Sam Wilson.
00:34No.
00:35No, I don't think I will."
00:39Instead, we might get another variant of Steve Rogers, and not a very nice one.
00:43In 2016, comics readers who cracked open the first issue of Captain America Steve Rogers
00:48were stunned to learn that the star-spangled man has become an agent of HYDRA.
00:53It turns out that a variant of Cap from Earth-61311, with much darker sensibilities, has taken
00:59the place of the iconic Avenger.
01:01In the Secret Empire storyline, this Steve ends up working with HYDRA to take over both
01:07S.H.I.E.L.D. and the United States government, becoming known as the HYDRA Supreme in the
01:12process.
01:13He's finally defeated when the real Steve Rogers returns in an Iron Man-style suit thanks
01:17to the sentient cosmic cube known as Kobic.
01:20If Evans does return as the HYDRA Supreme, or any other villain for that matter, it's
01:24likely that he and Downey would team up once again.
01:27This time, though, they'd be squaring off against a version of the Avengers that's missing
01:31two of their founding members.
01:32Heroes like Spider-Man and the Winter Soldier would have difficult times fighting evildoers
01:37that share their friends' faces.
01:39That said, there's no guarantee that Evans is playing a villain at all.
01:42The actor already shocked Fantastic Four fans in 2024 when he made a surprise return as
01:47Johnny Storm in Deadpool and Wolverine.
01:50It's possible that Evans could be preparing to revisit the Human Torch once again, but
01:55if he is, he probably won't be playing the same variant that met an unfortunate demise
01:59in the Void.
02:00If Evans does return as Captain America, and not a villainous version, it would likely
02:11be as a different variant, of which there are plenty throughout the multiverse.
02:15He could be the Steve Rogers of the Ultimate Universe, Earth-1610, or even the cat that's
02:20been combined with Doctor Strange to become the Soldier Supreme.
02:23The possibilities are endless, especially because there's still a chance that Evans
02:27is playing none of these characters at all.
02:30No one predicted that Downey would be playing Doom, so it's feasible that Kevin Feige is
02:34preparing to throw fans another major curveball.
02:37There's only one thing we know for sure.
02:39No matter who Evans is playing, we'll definitely be watching.