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It’s been five years since Chris Evans suited up as Captain America for what was seemingly the last time in Avengers: Endgame, but we still have a hard time picturing anyone but him bringing Steve Rogers to life in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

He’s simply so well-cast in the role that it’s like he’s playing himself! It’s been years since he last picked up the shield, but he’ll always be our Cap.

While he is now synonymous with the part, Chris initially turned it down. Who might have picked up the shield if he never agreed to lead the Avengers? We did some digging and rounded up 11 actors who were considered for the role.

Interestingly, some of them wound up acting alongside Chris in the MCU. Two of them even yielded Cap’s shield at various points.

Others joined the franchise after he left. Some even had the chance to play roles in other mega-successful franchises, and one of them later revealed that they had to apologize to Marvel after their audition! The final actor to join the list would have put a very different spin on the iconic hero.

In honor of the fifth anniversary of Endgame and the end of Chris‘ run as Cap, check out the other stars who were up for the part.

Scroll through the slideshow to see who else could have played Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe…

Robert Downey Jr. might be willing to suit up again as Iron Man in another Avengers movie. However, two Marvel directors are not so sure about that.

Despite dying onscreen in 2019′s Avengers: Endgame, Robert recently expressed interest in returning to the franchise, saying, “It’s too integral a part of my DNA. That role chose me.”

Directors Anthony and Joe Russo, who oversaw Iron Man’s death in Endgame, had their own thoughts about a rebirth.

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Janet Jackson opened up about how close she came to playing an iconic superhero.

The 57-year-old music icon appears on the Friday (April 26) episode of The Drew Barrymore Show.

On the show, she addressed some casting rumors, confirming that she was in the running to play a Marvel character and denying that she almost appeared in another hit film franchise.

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Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman are back as Deadpool & Wolverine in the full length trailer for the new Marvel film.

There’s no official synopsis for the movie just yet, but we get a lot from the trailer.

While Wolverine wants nothing to do with Deadpool to begin, they eventually team up. However, there’s a moment at the end of the trailer that has Marvel fans excited!

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe has involved tons stars over the years!

Since the franchise’s inception in 2008, it has produced 33 live-action movies, and nine shows, with many stars featuring in multiple projects.

Additionally including post-credit scene appearances and cameos, many actors count more than five MCU appearances to their name.

We’ve compiled a list of the MCU actors who have appeared in the most projects!

Browse through the slideshow to discover which 15 actors have the most MCU appearances…

Chris Pratt faced some very stiff competition to play Star-Lord in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The actor perfectly embodies the fun but complex hero in several films across the franchise. However, he faced stiff competition from a talented batch of actors to earn a chance to join the Avengers.

In a franchise that already had several (expertly cast) actors named Chris on the team, he was introduced as the plucky and smart-mouthed Star-Lord (aka Peter Quill) in 2014′s Guardians of the Galaxy.

Since then, he’s stepped out with the team of heroes multiple times, most recently in 2023′s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

While he is now synonymous with the part, we did some digging and rounded up 15 other actors who auditioned for the opportunity. Interestingly, there are even rumors about who were the second and third choices.

Some of his competitors wound up acting alongside Chris in the MCU. One even joined the cast of the first Guardians movie in another role. Others have fronted their own mega-successful franchises.

Scroll through the slideshow to see who else could have played Star-Lord in the Marvel Cinematic Universe…

Idris Elba is opening up about the possibility of seeing him in a Black Panther movie.

The 51-year-old, in case you forgot, has already appeared in several movies in the MCU, playing the Asgardian named Heimdall in all of the Thor movies, as well as in Avengers: Age of Ultron and Avengers: Infinity War.

However, in Infinity War, Heimdall was stabbed and killed by Thanos for saving Hulk.

At the premiere of his new show Knuckles, Idris reacted to Lupita Nyong’o naming him as someone she would want to see join the cast and revealed if he would be interested.

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