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.

Benedict Cumberbatch will be back as Doctor Strange in Avengers: Doomsday, and that's a good thing.

“That’s not true, though,” Evans said when asked about the rumours. “This always happens. I mean, it happens every couple years—ever since Endgame. I’ve just stopped responding to it. Yeah, no—happily retired!”

However, this wouldn't be the first time an actor has lied about not making a grand superhero return. Remember Andrew Garfield's surprise appearance in 'Spider-Man: No Way Home'?

Chris Evans has called December's report that he's set to make his MCU return for the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday "not true," claiming that he is "happily retired."

Chris Evans seemingly contradicted reports that he would return as Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, in the next 'Avengers' movie, saying about the casting rumors, 'That’s not true, though. This always happens.

The Wrap reported that Chris Evans had accepted The World’s Most Predictable Job Offer, i.e., a return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where everybody likes him, and nobody makes him hack computers to stop snow witches from murdering Santa Claus or whatever.