For nine years, Chris Evans served as Captain America. Anthony Mackie, his successor, desired to play a little bit longer.
“I give it a solid ten years,” he stated in an interview with Esquire. After the two “Avengers” films and, ideally, another “Captain America,” there are sporadic plug-and-plays like “Oh, Spider-Man!” The Fantastic Four, oh! Why are you here? However, you never know. I mean, I don’t want to be Captain America when I’m sixty.”
In anticipation of a “massive moment” in the MCU, Anthony likened his 2011 The First Avenger to his forthcoming Brave New World in reference to Chris.
“It served as a base. Steve Rogers standing atop that peak was a building brick that the MCU continued to construct.