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| Captain America actor Chris Evans to 'retire' from role | Captain America actor Chris Evans to 'retire' from role |
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| It looks like Chris Evans - the actor who plays Captain America in the Marvel movies - is giving up the role after seven years. | 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. | 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. | 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". | 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 | 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. | 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 anything wants to join the US Army to fight the Nazis during World War II. | It introduced a whole new audience to Steve Rogers, a small, scrawny but honourable man who more than anything wants to join the US Army to fight the Nazis during World War II. |
| He's given an injection of serum that turns him into a super soldier: Captain America. | He's given an injection of serum that turns him into a super soldier: Captain America. |
| The rest is (fictional) history. As Cap, Chris has fought Nazis, aliens, evil robots and even his own best friend. | The rest is (fictional) history. As Cap, Chris has fought Nazis, aliens, evil robots and even his own best friend. |
| Online, there's an outpouring of emotion over the end of an era. | Online, there's an outpouring of emotion over the end of an era. |
| Even other superheroes are getting involved. Here's Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds. | Even other superheroes are getting involved. Here's Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds. |
| Others have been showing their love for the man behind the mask too. | Others have been showing their love for the man behind the mask too. |
| Chris Evans's apparent retirement from playing the character isn't a surprise. | |
| He previously said of the role: "You want to get off the train before they push you off." | |
| And we've known a lot of the main Avengers actors are out of contract after Avengers 4. | |
| That as yet untitled film is the direct sequel to Avengers: Infinity War, where a lot of characters appeared to die. | That as yet untitled film is the direct sequel to Avengers: Infinity War, where a lot of characters appeared to die. |
| We'll have to wait until next year to find out what happened to the characters in that film. | We'll have to wait until next year to find out what happened to the characters in that film. |
| Captain America isn't the first comic book character that Chris Evans has played. | Captain America isn't the first comic book character that Chris Evans has played. |
| He was also the Human Torch in two Fantastic Four movies in 2005 and 2007 alongside Jessica Alba. | He was also the Human Torch in two Fantastic Four movies in 2005 and 2007 alongside Jessica Alba. |
| Evans has been a vocal critic of US president Donald Trump, calling him the "puppet" of Russian leader Vladimir Putin earlier this year. | Evans has been a vocal critic of US president Donald Trump, calling him the "puppet" of Russian leader Vladimir Putin earlier this year. |
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