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.

Chris Evans and Anthony Mackie have a similar understanding of Captain America values, making them both worth of the MCU's shield.

Anthony Mackie stopped by to chat with Audacy Atlanta V-103’s ‘Big Tigger Morning Show’ all about ‘Captain America: Brave New World.’ Getting into what it’s like being a Black Captain America, what make’s Sam Wilson’s Cap stand on his own,