Chris Evans would not originally play the old Steve Rogers in Avengers: Endgame

Falcon star and Winter Soldier Anthony Mackie revealed that Marvel once considered casting someone other than Chris Evans to play old Steve Rogers in Avengers: Endgame. During an appearance on The Jess Cagle Show, Mackie briefly talked about whether or not Falcon would be taking Captain America’s shield in the future, which made him reflect on Cap’s original cast; in particular, the oldest version of the character that appeared in the final moments of Endgame. He revealed that, at the same time, there were rumors of casting someone else to play the elderly hero.

“They really wanted to cast an old guy to play Chris Evans,” Mackie revealed. “So they brought in three actors. They’re, none of those, like, that’s not what Chris will look like when he gets old. Like, he’s going to be, he’s like George Clooney. He’s going to be 95 and still as handsome, you know “So they brought in a makeup team and prosthetics and makeup and turned him into an old man. And how good an actor Chris is, it actually worked. He did it with his voice and everything. He did a great job.”

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Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo ended Steve’s MCU journey on a very definitive note, with Steve traveling back in time to return the Infinity Stones to their original places and then choosing to stay in the past to finally resume the dance that promised Hayley Peggy Carter of Atwell in Captain America: The First Avenger.

However, when he returns to the rest of our heroes, he is an old man. The Russians used a combination of facial prostheses and CGI to transform Chris Evans into an elderly citizen, because they wanted to achieve the “perfect” look to make sure they didn’t “undermine the emotional intent of the scene” between old Steve and Sam Wilson, too known as Falcon.

Mackie is reprising his role as Falcon in the next original Disney + series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, alongside Sebastian Stan, who plays Bucky Barnes. The six-episode series is due to premiere on Disney + on March 19, as part of an ambitious new line of TV series designed to be more integrated into Marvel films.

For more information on the studio’s future list of projects and releases, read our review of the biggest and most notable developments at MCU, Disney + and Marvel comics this year.

Adele Ankers is a freelance entertainment journalist. You can reach it at Twitter.