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.

Chris Evans is denying the reports claiming that he’ll appear in Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Doomsday. Evans has played Captain America/Steve Rogers in a number of MCU projects. His final outing as the character was seemingly in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame;