New Cap Wyatt Russell had auditioned for Chris Evans' role in original 'Captain America'

The jury remains to be out on whether or not followers fully belief actor Wyatt Russell’s new Captain America character in Marvel’s newest Disney+ collection ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’. However a shock new revelation brings the brand new Cap a level nearer to Chris Evans’ character.

Throughout an interview on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ on Friday, Russell revealed that he had auditioned for the unique Captain America’s position greater than a decade in the past.

The 34-year-old actor, who’s the son of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, mentioned it was his first-ever audition. Earlier than that, he had an uncredited position in his father’s 1996 film ‘Escape from L.A’. He additionally performed a youthful model of his real-life dad’s character within the 1998 film ‘Soldier’.

“I think it’s a fun story. And I think honestly that the first audition was really more just something to read to see if I was any good at acting or not,” Russell mentioned. “I don’t think I was ever actually in competition for the role. It was crazy.”

Evans made his debut because the comic-book character in 2011’s ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ and reprised the position for 2 stand-alone sequels.

Evans additionally starred as Captain America in a number of different Marvel movies, together with ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ and ‘Avengers: Endgame’.

Evans’ character handed on the defend to Sam Wilson/Falcon (Anthony Mackie) in ‘Endgame’ and appeared to have concluded his run within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However in January 2021, Deadline reported that he'll return as Cap in some capability. Evans and Marvel Studios’ president Kevin Feige each denied the report.

‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ could be streamed on OSN within the UAE, with new episodes dropping veery Friday.