Captain America actor Chris Evans to 'retire' from role
[ad_1] Image copyright Alamy It looks like Chris Evans - the actor who plays Captain America in the Marvel movies - is giving up the role after seven years. He's played him in 10 films, starting with Captain America: The First Avenger. Chris portrayed one of the original cinematic Avengers alongside Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye. He's now finished filming Avengers 4, Marvel's 22nd film, and tweeted to say that playing Cap has been "an honour". Warning: There are some spoilers below for Avengers: Infinity War The Marvel Cinematic Universe - or MCU as it's also known - has been an absolute beast of cinema since it began with the first Iron Man film in 2008. Captain America: The First Avenger was the fifth film in the series, released in 2011. It introduced a whole new audience to Steve Rogers, a small, scrawny but honourable man who more than ...