{"rewrite":{"id":"r_332294d20afdb44acf81d812","clusterId":"c_9c971c9329672d49168d21b9","slug":"chris-evans-says-marvel-pitched-him-multiple-returns-before-doomsday","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Chris Evans Says Marvel Pitched Him Multiple Returns Before Doomsday","summary":"Chris Evans, returning as Steve Rogers in Avengers: Doomsday, told Entertainment Weekly that Marvel Studios approached him multiple times after Avengers: Endgame. He heard at least a dozen pitches over eight years, but none felt right until Robert Downey Jr.'s return as Doctor Doom made everything click.","whyItMatters":"Evans' account explains why he finally agreed to return: the combination of Downey's Doctor Doom and Joe Russo's pitch made the project feel like the right one after years of passing on other proposals.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eChris Evans is back as Steve Rogers in Avengers: Doomsday, and he is explaining why it took so long. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Evans said Marvel Studios approached him repeatedly after Avengers: Endgame, starting with a dinner with Louis D\u0026#39;Esposito and Kevin Feige shortly after filming wrapped in 2018.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt that dinner, they pitched him a story with Steve Rogers as Nomad, the alias he used after stepping away from the Captain America role. Evans said the pitch was great but did not click, so he asked them to keep sending proposals. Over the next eight years, he heard at least a dozen more pitches, all strong, but none felt like the one.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen came word that Robert Downey Jr. was in talks with Marvel. Evans heard the pitch from Joe Russo, one of Doomsday\u0026#39;s directors, and Downey\u0026#39;s return as Doctor Doom was confirmed. Everything clicked. Avengers: Doomsday opens in Japan and the U.S. on December 18.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Chris Evans heard at least a dozen Marvel pitches over eight years, but Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom is what made Steve Rogers' return click. The character's comeback hinged on a villain, not a hero.","twitterPost":"Chris Evans took one of a dozen Marvel pitches only after Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom made it click. Steve Rogers returns because of a villain.","threadsPost":"Chris Evans told Entertainment Weekly that Marvel Studios pitched him multiple returns after Avengers: Endgame, at least a dozen over eight years. None felt right until Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom made it click. Steve Rogers' comeback is tied to a villain, not a hero.","newsletterBlurb":"Chris Evans explains why he finally returned as Steve Rogers in Avengers: Doomsday. Marvel pitched him multiple times after Endgame, including a Nomad story, but it took Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom to make it click. The film opens December 18.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Cinema Today\",\"url\":\"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0156056\",\"title\":\"Chris Evans Says Marvel Approached Him Multiple Times to Return to the MCU After 'Endgame'\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4346,"outputTokens":603,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1786084684,"createdAt":"2026-08-07T06:32:38.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-07T06:36:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-07T06:32:38.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_9c971c9329672d49168d21b9","canonicalTitle":"クリス・エヴァンス、『エンドゲーム』以降マーベルからMCU復帰を何度も提案されていた","representativeArticleId":"a_2a77f14375f23c480ce716db","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Avengers: Doomsday\",\"Avengers: Endgame\"],\"studios\":[\"Marvel Studios\"],\"people\":[\"Chris Evans\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-07-27T05:50:55.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-07-27T05:50:55.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-07T06:36:45.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Cinema Today","url":"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0156056","title":"クリス・エヴァンス、『エンドゲーム』以降マーベルからMCU復帰を何度も提案されていた"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Avengers: Doomsday","Avengers: Endgame"],"studios":["Marvel Studios"],"people":["Chris Evans"],"type":"news","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}