The elderly Captain America was not to be played by Chris Evans

If the elderly Captain America is played by Chris Evans in Avengers Endgame, Disney first wanted to choose a truly elderly actor for this role.

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Disney is more powerful than ever, not least thanks to its lucrative franchises, Star Wars and Marvel in the lead. Franchises so lucrative that the company has unveiled a vast schedule of upcoming productions on Disney +. Star Wars is already a hit with The Mandalorian, the most illegally downloaded series in the world, while a spin-off on Obi-Wan Kenobi is official, in addition to a feature film Rogue Squadron par Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman). The MCU will host WandaVision, on January 15 on Disney with a shower of special effects, while several phase 4 productions are announced: Loki, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, etc. As for phase 3 of the connected universe, it ended with Spider-Man: Far From Home and Avengers Endgame, with a nice retrogaming version. In the latter, spectators were able to glimpse an aging Captain America, played by Chris Evans. But originally, the actor was not to play the elderly character.

Anthony Mackie reveals Chris Evan wasn’t supposed to play aged Captain America

Captain America is a cult Marvel character, having directly inspired Ms. Marvel. A character played by Chris Evans for ten years, who sold the hero’s shield for a good cause. If Captain America appears aging in Avengers Endgame, played by the actor made up with prostheses thanks to the magic of the cinema, Disney wanted to choose someone naturally old.

This is what Anthony Mackie, interpreter of the Falcon, revealed during a visit to The Jess Cagle Show to talk about the future release of the series Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

Well it’s funny they actually wanted to pick an elderly actor to play Chris Evans. So they brought in three actors. But none looked like Chris Evans when he was old. They brought a makeup crew, prosthetics, and turned him into an old man. And to show how good Chris Evan is an actor, it worked. He managed to adapt his voice etc. He did a great job.
– Anthony Mackie

A totally successful result since Chris Evans looks like an elderly person in the shoes of Captain America, who did not hesitate to kill Black Widow for HYDRA in the comics.

Source : ScreenRant

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