With Captain America: Civil War now only nine days away, speculation has turned to whether the film will use the same ending as the 2006 comic arc of the same name, which saw the Sentinel of Liberty the wrong end of a snipers bullet. With Chris Evans’ contract set to expire could we be seeing a similar fate befall the MCU version?
Whilst making an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote the upcoming threequel, the pair discussed the actors initial hesitation to take on the role and then Evans’ contract and whether there was a possibility that it could be ‘re-upped’ to which the actor revealed:
“There is no re-upping yet. I was just saying in my last interview that it’s so funny thinking about how fast time has moved. We started this in 2010 and six years [snaps finger] has gone in a blink of an eye. In the beginning, it was so terrifying and now you’re almost scared to…I’m scared to walk away. I’m scared to not have one of these [Marvel movie] coming. These past six years there’s always been, ‘Next year we start that one.’ And it’s been wonderful, especially because the movies are so good. When you make good movies, who wants to stop doing that?”
Talk then turned to whether we could be seeing another character wield the adamantium shield, to which Evans explained:
“So, I don’t know. We’ll see. I know in the comic books that the shield gets passed off. And what you do know, more than anything else in this process — meeting fans, experiencing these junkets and people who love the character — the character is bigger than you and whatever the character needs, whatever Marvel needs for that arc, I’m willing to do. So if that is me passing it off, you pass it off. But if they want to make more, I’m ready.”
Thankfully Evans has fully embraced the role, where if Robert Downey Jr. is the face of the MCU, Evans is certainly the heart. We’ll find out where the character stands when the film hits our screens May 6th – but hopefully we will be seeing Evans in the role for a little longer.
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