It wasn’t simply Robert Downey Jr. that rumors mentioned would return to Avengers motion pictures after Iron Man died in Endgame. We additionally noticed loads of leaks claiming Chris Evans could be again as Steve Rogers and Captain America, with the actor struggling to dodge questions on his character, particularly in more moderen years.
In the meantime, Marvel confirmed RDJ could be again, giving followers a tremendous and surprising twist. The actor will painting the MCU’s first Physician Doom variant, a multiverse character who would be the most important villain (or ought to I say antagonist?) in Doomsday and Secret Wars.
Marvel wasn’t so fast at confirming that Chris Evans could be again, nor have they got to. Robert Downey Jr. is all of the bait Marvel wants to make sure followers shall be dying to see Doomsday and Secret Wars. Keep in mind that Marvel additionally confirmed that the Russo brothers are again to direct the MCU’s subsequent large crossovers.
We do have loads of leaks saying that Steve Rogers shall be again, they usually all make sense. In spite of everything, the unique Captain America didn’t die. He aged in a unique actuality the place he married a model of Agent Carter (Hayley Atwell). The latest rumor is well essentially the most thrilling one, because it reveals the large and fairly apparent plot twist hiding in plain sight, one which I’m definitely blissful to see talked about in leaks.
Large spoilers will comply with under, so that you may wish to keep away from all of it if you happen to favor surprises.
The place’s Steve?
Steve Rogers’ retirement on the finish of Endgame is likely one of the movie’s largest free ends. Effectively, it was a minimum of till the primary Loki season that I spotted that Captain America’s capacity to retire in a unique actuality is both the work of the model of Kang who saved the Sacred Timeline on a particular path or a direct results of Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino) killing that Kang variant.
Nonetheless, I’d watch a film or TV present that includes Rogers and Carter in that universe, particularly contemplating that we don’t know why Cap felt like he needed to return to Earth-616 to provide Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) a defend, basically knighting him as this actuality’s Captain America.
Chris Evans returning for Doomsday may assist reply that. To not point out that Atwell can also be rumored to look within the upcoming Avengers motion pictures as Agent Carter relatively than the Captain Carter variant from What If…?
However that solely scratches the floor of what I actually need from a Chris Evans Avengers return.
Chris Evans characters I wish to see
I mentioned greater than as soon as that I hope RDJ’s Physician Doom is definitely a model of Tony Stark from the multiverse who nonetheless thinks he’s saving his actuality. However as a substitute of preventing Thanos (Josh Brolin), he’ll face off towards Earth-616’s Mightiest Heroes and their multiversal associates.
In spite of everything, it’s what the first Stark did. Keep in mind that in Endgame, the Avengers went again “in time” to steal Infinity Stones from realities with out disregard for the well-being of these worlds. Solely midway by means of the mission, Professor Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) figures out they should return the Stones. That’s, Stark, Rogers, and everybody else wished to avoid wasting their world with out caring for different realities.
Again to Doomsday, that’s what Physician Doom is likely to be doing. And he may want allies. Scratch that. He definitely has allies. And I’m hoping he really has a model of the Avengers working with him for his or her higher good. A Rogers variant would work extremely effectively with that Physician Doom.
Thrilling Avengers: Doomsday plot twist
That was my thought course of all alongside ever since Marvel introduced that RDJ could be again. Now, we’ve some form of affirmation about Chris Evans’ return for such a situation. It’s coming from well-known Marvel insider Alex Perez, who answered fan questions in regards to the upcoming Multiverse Saga adventures.
Right here’s what Perez needed to say in regards to the different antagonists in Doomsday and Secret Wars:
It’s humorous, you assume {that a} film of this magnitude solely has 1 secondary antagonist. What I can let you know is that the secondary antagonists, whoever they might be, in response to my sources, are going to be variants. There’s going to be an awesome variety of variants in these motion pictures, much more than the characters set to look in these motion pictures that from Earth-616. Some are going to be good, some are going to be dangerous, and a few are going to be actually worse.
Speaking particularly about Chris Evans, he mentioned the actor will certainly play the primary Steve Rogers. However Evans may additionally play an ally of Physician Doom:
One of many rumors I had heard for these movies was that numerous actors is likely to be pulling double responsibility in relation to the characters they painting. Evans could possibly be a primary instance of that as a result of he could possibly be enjoying quite a lot of characters in these upcoming movies. A type of will certainly be the Steve Rogers from the top of Endgame, who went on to dwell fortunately ever after with Peggy, who was lately confirmed to even be coming again for [Doomsday]. The affirmation that she’ll be Agent Carter relatively than Captain Carter signifies we’ll be heading again to that timeline. I’ve additionally heard that Evans could possibly be portraying one other character within the film that stands alongside RDJ’s Physician Doom.
Later, he additionally mentioned that Chris Evans’ stint as Johnny Storm isn’t essentially over regardless of the character dying in Deadpool & Wolverine. In spite of everything, we’re within the multiverse, so there is likely to be loads of Evans-looking Johnny Storms on the market.
If this pans out, and I hope it can, Marvel will ship the largest mind-bending shock with Doomsday and Secret Wars. In Endgame, we knew the lifeless Avengers could be again, due to all of the leaks from the set. However we didn’t have the multiverse idea on the time.
With Doomsday and Secret Wars, figuring out who’s on the set received’t be sufficient to determine who they’re enjoying. And picture how superb it’ll be to see your favourite Avengers preventing towards a Chris Evans Captain America variant who can do that all day.
Lastly, I’ll remind you that different rumors say Tom Holland’s Spider-Man will combat the Peter Parker variants performed by Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire in Doomsday and Secret Wars. That aligns effectively with Perez’s remarks above that some actors will play a number of roles in these motion pictures. I can’t wait to see all of it in motion.
Doomsday premieres in Could 2026, with Secret Wars to comply with a yr later.
