Chris Evans seemingly contradicted reports that he would return as Steve Rogers, a.k.a. Captain America, in the next 'Avengers' movie, saying about the casting rumors, 'That’s not true, though. This always happens.

However, this wouldn't be the first time an actor has lied about not making a grand superhero return. Remember Andrew Garfield's surprise appearance in 'Spider-Man: No Way Home'?

In Anthony Mackie’s new cover story for Esquire, Chris Evans revealed he told his Marvel co-star that he was the next Captain America in the MCU. “I inadvertently was the one who got to tell him that he was going to be Captain America. I didn’t know that he didn’t know,” Evans, 43, said in the story published Thursday.