As long suspected, Chris Evans is returning to the MCU in Avengers: Doomsday. But as who? Given the multiversal aspects of the film, along with Secret Wars, we think he almost certainly won’t just be the stalwart Captain America we’ve known for years. Or will he? When it comes to Cap, there are a few options on the table. Here’s who we think Chris Evans might play when he returns to the MCU in Avengers: Doomsday.
Hydra Cap
With Robert Downey Jr. coming back as Dr. Doom, could Marvel Studios also be bringing back Chris Evans in an equally villainous role? If so, the easiest choice is for him to play the so-called “Hydra Cap.” Marvel Comics introduced this controversial character in the Secret Empire event, back in 2017. In that series, we meet a version of Steve Rogers raised to be a secret Hydra sleeper agent. Could we meet a multiversal variant that’s an evil fascistic Cap? Chris Evans might not be able to resist playing a villain alongside his buddy RDJ. We feel this Cap is the most likely.
What If…? Steve Rogers
One of the most fun episodes of What If…? season one featured a Peggy Carter who received the super soldier serum instead of Steve Rogers. But even though Steve never got a dose of the serum, he was still heroic and found a way to battle evil. In fact, he did it in a prototype Iron Man suit, created by Howard Stark. Inside the suit, Steve was still a scrawny, skinny little guy. With a little digital trickery, we could see Chris Evans go back to that version of Steve, proving he’s heroic even without all the bulging muscles.
Old Man Steve
Of course, Evans might just be playing the Steve Rogers we’ve always known, who is now a very old man. Despite the rest of the world believing Cap died in the battle in Endgame, we of course know he went back in time and lived out his life with Peggy Carter. Yes, he’s probably well over a hundred years old at this point. But that trusty super soldier serum seems to keep him (relatively) healthy. Maybe he’ll be in old age makeup the whole time, in a mentor role to a new team of Avengers.
Johnny Storm/The Human Torch
You’re probably thinking “Wait, didn’t Evans’ Johnny Storm die horribly at the hands of Cassandra Nova in Deadpool & Wolverine?” Well, yes he did. But that might not actually be the exact same version of the Human Torch from the 2005 Fantastic Four film. It might just be another Johnny variant from the multiverse. After all, the Johnny of those films wasn’t that big of a potty mouth. So maybe the actual Human Torch Evans played in those films is still out there. And he could play a role in Avengers: Doomsday. It might be “Flame On!” time again for Chris Evans.
World War II Captain America
If Doomsday is crossing multiversal lines, maybe it’s also crossing timelines? After all, in the MCU, “timelines” and “parallel universes” are kind of the same thing. It might be fun to have a fresh-faced Steve Rogers, during his gung-ho Nazi-fighting days. This was back when he was a little more naïve. He was very much a different character from the one we know from later Avengers films. Sure, at this point, some digital de-aging would have to take place. It’s been more than a decade since The First Avenger after all. But Evans is in great shape still. So we don’t think the digital effects guys would have that much work to do in this regard.
We’ll find out for sure who Chris Evans is playing when Avengers: Doomsday hits theaters on May 1, 2026.
