The Wrap reported that Chris Evans had accepted The World’s Most Predictable Job Offer, i.e., a return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where everybody likes him, and nobody makes him hack computers to stop snow witches from murdering Santa Claus or whatever.

“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!”

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.

Chris Evans seemingly contradicted reports that he would return as Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, in the next 'Avengers' movie, saying about the casting rumors, 'That’s not true, though. This always happens.

Anthony Mackie admits he didn’t believe Chris Evans when he was told Falcon would take up the Captain America shield.

Marvel's former Captain America is the latest Avenger to deny any further return to the franchise, seemingly an obligatory claim at this point.

Yet when it came to Anthony Mackie learning that he was going to be the next Cap from predecessor/co-star Chris Evans, there was absolutely no pressure at all. While Mackie’s reaction to learning he’d be the new Cap is something we have heard about previously,

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

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.

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.

It is absolutely zero secret that Anthony Mackie knows how to spin a damn good yarn. The 46-year-old Captain America: Brave New World actor is by far one of the greatest living late-night guests. (Presented without context: “Anthony Mackie’s First Time Smoking Weed Got Him Chased by a Moose.