The story of Chris Evans in the magical world of The Marvel movies and Superheroes part from before that Disney e Marvel Studios created theMCU. It was the 2005 when the actor played the role of Human Torch ne The Fantastic 4 di Tim Story, a role that they would then play again two years later also in the sequel I Fantastici 4 e Silver Surfer. Although the two Story films proved to be failures at the international box office, Evans' fame grew ever greater, and after having once again held the role of "superman" in the film Push of 2009, came the role that can make an actor's career turn or prematurely end. It's 2010 when Chris Evans lent his face (and his mighty physique) for the role of Captain America in the subtitled film of the same name The first Avenger.
Since then, Chris Evans's face has inextricably merged with that of Steve Rogers / Cap, and fans became more and more fond of both the character and the actor who played him. This for ten years between the 2010 and the 2019, a period in which the actor played the role, including cameos and starring roles, for well eleven films up to the most recent Avengers: Endgame (Here our review), the film with the highest grossing in the history of cinema and which saw the good Cap hang his shield after saving the world again together with the other Avengers, and having gone back in time in order to reach his beloved Peggy Carter.
There is often talk of a possible return of the actor as Steve Rogers, but in this article we want to show you some simple reasons why Chris Evans, in our opinion, should not return to the role of Captain America.
When the end comes ...
First of all, it must be said that Chris Evans, in the role of Captain America, he said all there was to say. The actor was born and raised with the character, and ten years after his first appearance in Captain America - The First Avenger there would be nothing else to add, also because its evolutionary cycle has closed perfectly.
Steve Rogers is on balance a man who grew up outside his time, stolen from his historical period of belonging where he left the woman of his life. As his evolutionary arc closes with the wonderful scene of Cap who can finally dance with his Peggy Carter, in the finale of Avengers: Endgame, that story has definitively ended every possible narrative point. And this thought is the same expressed by Chris Evans himself during a recent interview with The Graham Norton Show, during which the actor stated:
It was a great path, we closed it in the best possible way and it would be risky to revisit it in my opinion. It was a great experience and I think it's best left that way. They did a really good job of allowing him to complete his journey. If you have to revisit it, you can't just do it for the money. You can't do it just to excite the audience. What do you want to tell? What do you want to add to his story?
A return of Chris Evans as Captain America, therefore, would make useless what has been done in these ten years of construction, as well as emotionally weakening the final dance between Steve and Peggy that romantically closes Endgame. And given that the narrative path of Captain America was certainly not without rambling choices for their own sake (no one remembers the kiss between Steve and Sharon Carter in Civil War?) it is better that things remain as they are.
Another key point, which could be trivial, is the fact that in life nothing is forever. Sooner or later everything ends, and it is right that at the end of a story we can look forward. How many times have we seen sagas and franchises squeezed beyond belief even though their time was already over years ago? Just think about what the saga has become Terminator, which is out of time limit of at least three films, or of the nefarious way in which the saga of Alien it is being "deepened". Examples, in this sense, there would be galore.
It is therefore right that, once in a while, the will to see a story continued to be put aside, both on our part and on the part of the producers / writers. Everything has a natural conclusion, for better or for worse. And this argument, consequently, can also be applied perfectly to the character of Tony Stark / Iron Man and for the actor who has held the role for more than a decade, namely the charismatic Robert Downey Jr., whose story arc ended like that of Cap in Avengers: Endgame.
It's right, and also brave, than the Marvel Cinematic Universe detach himself from the faces that have made him known in recent years, so that the stories we will see from here on out can finally get new life.
… It's just a new beginning
But the end is never a real end, and as in the comics also in the movies the shield of the good Captain America is ready to be used by a successor. As we saw in the Avengers: Endgame finale, Steve gave his iconic shield to his friend and Avenger Samuel Wilson, or Falcon, who will star in the TV series of Disney + The Falcon and The Winter Soldier.
Captain America, therefore, will continue to live in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but with a different face. The ideals of the superhero symbol of American patriotism will still live through the character of Sam Wilson, although it will no longer be Steve Rogers, and consequently Chris Evans, to carry them forward. Everything has a beginning and an end, and where Steve's story rightly stops, Sam's as Cap prepares to take flight. And we can only hope that his story arc is as exciting and touching as that of the original Captain America.
Waiting to finally be able to see The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, we can not help but say thank you. Thanks to Chris Evans for making Captain America great on the big screen, and thanks to Cap for making a great actor like Chris Evans known to the general public. Although your paths (hopefully) will never cross again, we wish you both a future full of satisfactions.
But everything has an end, and that's right.
