Chris Evans Teases Changes for Steve Rogers in CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
There’s been a lot of talk regarding the fate of Chris Evans’ Captain America in Captain America: Civil War, especially because of the latest rumor, which you can read more about here, but there are spoilers!
While talking with Cineplex, Chris Evans discusses the divide in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the changes that cause Steve Rogers and Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark to turn on each other.
“There’s a great parallel that they draw between my character and Tony Stark. It’s something we can all relate to in terms of how we perceive our own society and culture, in terms of what is best for people. You can go right down to Democrat and Republican; everyone has a different opinion of what’s best… You have this team of people who are destroying every city they go to, but they’re saving the world. So it’s a matter of, do we monitor these people or do we let them monitor themselves? The beautiful thing with Civil War is that no one’s right and no one’s wrong; it’s just your personal opinion.
“We’re going to have a nice evolution where you have a guy like Cap, who grew up with structure — he was a soldier and he liked hierarchy, he liked the chain of command. Now, all of a sudden, you have a guy who used to love the system not so sure about trusting it. And a guy like Tony Stark, who used to buck the system and dance to the beat of his own drum all of a sudden thinking, maybe we need some order.”
We know that the Avengers team will be divided, but I’m much more curious to know what exactly is going to happen to them after the story arc is complete.
Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War finds Steve Rogers leading the newly formed team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. But after another incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability, headed by a governing body to oversee and direct the team. The new status quo fractures the Avengers, resulting in two camps—one led by Steve Rogers and his desire for the Avengers to remain free to defend humanity without government interference, and the other following Tony Stark’s surprising decision to support government oversight and accountability.
Anthony and Joe Russo directed the film from a screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. Captain America: Civil War will debut in theaters on May 6th, 2016.