Captain America star Chris Evans has said he isn't returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Avengers Doomsday or any other film, despite reports to the contrary. Evans told Esquire that a report from Deadline, which claimed he will return alongside the already confirmed and fellow original Avenger Robert Downey Jr., is simply "not true."

Those reports are "not true," the actor says. What do we really know about Marvel's upcoming Avengers: Doomsday? Really! First, Benedict Cumberbatch says he won't return as Doctor Strange, only to then immediately walk those comments back.

Anthony Mackie and Chris Evans spent five years making Marvel movies together as Sam Wilson/Falcon and Steve Rogers/Captain America. Their characters were close friends, with Steve bestowing the Captain America shield to Sam at the end of 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame.