The Avengers are losing a Marvel-ously handsome member. Actor Chris Evans sounds like he’s be done playing Captain America.
“Officially wrapped on Avengers 4,” the 37-year-old tweeted on October 11. “It was an emotional day to say the least. Playing this role over the last 8 years has been an honor. To everyone in front of the camera, behind the camera, and in the audience, thank you for the memories! Eternally grateful.”
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Marvel’s loss, however, could be LGBT geeks’ gain… if producers replace Evans with an actor who is, ahem, not so frustratingly straight. And yes, we have ideas!
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Matt Bomer
Someone somewhere has to make Bomer — known for his roles in White Collar, American Horror Story, and Magic Mike — a silver-screen superhero. If he can’t be Superman, he could at least be Captain America!
Colton Haynes
Haynes — an actor from Arrow and Teen Wolf and longtime Queerty favorite — has a jawline that was practically made for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Jussie Smollett
Smollett is the only reason we’re still watching Empire, and we have to imagine he’d probably look downright dashing in the Captain’s star-spangled suit.
Ricky Martin
Are we making “la selección loca”? Nope, Martin actually has serious acting chops. Check out his Emmy-nominated performance in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.
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Wentworth Miller
This Prison Break alum already has comic-book cred: Miller has played Captain Cold on the TV shows The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow since 2014.
Adamo Ruggiero
Never mind Drake: This Canadian actor is our favorite Degrassi alum! We’d love to see Ruggiero pick up that vibranium shield.
Luke Evans
No relation to Chris, this handsome fellow is no stranger to blockbuster movies, having starred in Beauty and the Beast, Fate of the Furious, and the Hobbit trilogy.
Scott Evans
If Marvel wanted to keep it in the Evans family, they’d go with Chris’s younger brother! Scott is an actor in his own right, having appeared in the TV shows Looking and Grace and Frankie.
SnakeyJ
Very lame suggestions. But, more importantly, what’s spooky is that this article is from the future! Chris Evans won’t tweet that for another 5 days!
Morrisson
After the furore and backlash amongst the LGBT community regarding the casting of Scarlett Johansson and Jack Whitehall in trans and gay roles respectively; I was under the impression only gay could play gay and straight could play straight. However I would like to suggest possibly Boy George or Julian Clary for the role.
Rock-N-RollHS
I know you guys are trying to be gay advocates, but the political correctness is running amok here. That Adam R guy? Captain America? Really. Clearly you would run a film company into bankruptcy.
gaimingfoxer
Leaving aside the hypocrisy of calling out against straight people playing non straight roles but not other way around, this has got to be the silliest list I have ever read.
First, they won’t replace Evans. If they’ll even bother do anything, they’ll do what the comics did and just move the title to another existing character. Winter Soldier and Falcon were both Captain America for a while. But honestly, they are more likely to just move on without the character.
Second, even if you wanted to replace him that’s the list you suggest?
Other than Bomer none of them has the looks. I’m shocked you haven’t suggested Russel Tovey since you basically just tossed every gay actor you can think of.
JessPH
If straight actors shouldn’t play gay roles then gay actors can’t play straight roles.
Right?
Birdbrain1963
I’m gay. This is a straight role. Play it with a straight actor.
theafricanwiththemouth
No to everyone in the list.
Not because it’s a bad list, but because if Cap were to be replaced, it would be by Bucky (Sebastian Stan?) or Falcon actors. That’s more comic accurate and much more appealing to LGBT geeks, than these randos picking up the shield. So please, stop. Pretty lame stuff on here tbh.
Ashke113
Aside from Matt Bomer & Luke Evans I mean really? Those other choices you can’t be serious with them. They do not have the qualities of a superhero. But one important thing to note, with all the crap that Scarlett Johanssen & Jake Whitehall got from the gay community about the rolls they were going to play now it’s ok to shove gay actors into straight rolls? So it’s basically “do as I say not as I do” type of thing right, yeah how about no……
WillParkinson
Yeah, no. Sorry. I’d be willing to give his brother a try (cough), but beyond that, none of these characters says Captain America to me.