Chris Evans, Anthony Mackie Talk Steve Rogers' 'Doomsday' Return

Chris Evans revealed during the Entertainment Weekly panel at Comic-Con for Avengers Doomsday that Marvel approached him even before Avengers Endgame came out about Steve Rogers continuing to have a presence in the MCU. And they were like, we'd love to keep doing movies with Steve Rogers as Nomad. Nomad? Captain America, Anthony Mackie, explained to Variety. Steve Rogers in a comic book. There is a comic book. You say you're a nerd, read the comic book. Don't be a nerd by trade, be a nerd by fact, right? So in the comic book, Steve Rogers becomes Nomad. Yeah, so apparently this is big news that trended on Twitter last night because I guess people actually thought that Steve Rogers was going to return in Avengers Doomsday and take back the shield from Sam and become Captain America again. Huh? I mean, I'm a Marvel bystander and I never thought that for a second. Doesn't make any sense. Yeah, on top of that, don't you remember Chris Evans' response to the Hollywood Reporter when they speculated in 2022 that he would return to be Captain America? His tweet response was, Sam Wilson is Captain America. So yeah, the multiple pitches always involved Steve Rogers becoming Nomad. They were pitching him ideas. They were telling him stuff, maybe this, maybe that, maybe this. Over the course of eight years, I probably heard at least a dozen pitches and they were all wonderful. It just never quite felt right. But then in 2024, it wasn't a pitch that piqued Chris's interest, it was a name. And I got a phone call from my team saying, there's a rumor, Downey's talking to Marvel. And I was like, oh, what does this mean? And all of a sudden it felt right. And when he heard the idea of what Doomsday was going to be, he was like, I think I finally found the story that will bring me back. Whether Anthony's on Chris's right or Chris is on Anthony's left or he's on his right or he's on his left, I don't know. Anthony was just happy to have his running buddy back. It's exciting to have him back because he's my boy, you know? I mean, I'm kind of surprised in one breath that Chris says, oh, I'm very precious about, you know, I want to protect the story of Steve Rogers. I think everyone here is precious with their role in the universe and, you know, this stuff. It's earned its position over a long period of time. You don't want to mess with that. And yet you're willing to do this? I mean, that was the perfect ending in Endgame. Perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect ending. And yeah, they're going to ruin that ending, I guess. I don't know how they're going to do it. I don't know if it's going to be like the old Steve Rogers still existing there and somehow. I don't know. It's going to go back in time. This is going to be very interesting and confusing. But yeah, in my mind, this destroys the Avengers Endgame ending that, yeah, it was just perfect. Him dancing with Peggy in the living room. That's the ending that was perfect for him, but Marvel just can't let them go for some reason. But what are your thoughts on Chris Evans returning as Nomad? Okay. What are your thoughts? Chris Evans!