Chris Evans has revealed his Marvel codename used to keep secret his Steve Rogers return in Avengers: Doomsday, and it explains a confusing leak.
Evans’s return as Steve Rogers was kept tightly under wraps, until it was finally revealed in the first teaser for the Marvel Phase 6 movie.
“Within the script, my character was called Luke Cage just in case things leaked,” Evans shared at Fan Expo Boston, adding: “On the call sheets, I was called Luke Cage. Even on set, if I was going to set, they’d be like, ‘Luke Cage is travelling.’ It was such a locked-down thing.”
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This explains why a set leak included a “Luke Cage house” in a 1960s style – rather than referring to Cage himself, it appears to have been Steve’s home, instead.
Evans has also teased he has a “brutal” storyline coming up. “The Russos love beating up Steve Rogers. Their favourite thing to do is to just beat the crap out of him,” he shared. “To them, that’s what makes a hero, and that’s someone who gets punched so many times but still gets up.”
Along with Evans, the rest of the supersized cast includes Anthony Mackie’s Captain America, Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Letitia Wright’s Shuri, the Fantastic Four, the Fox-era X-Men, and Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom.
Avengers: Doomsday arrives this December 18. While you wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows for everything else the MCU has in store.