Appearing on Monday's episode of The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, Chris Evans revealed he told Anthony Mackie their characters' fates at the conclusion of Avengers: Endgame — not knowing that his co-star hadn't received the script.
"I didn't know he didn't know what was going to happen," said Evans, who was immensely relieved to no longer be bound by Marvel's intense secrecy. The actor had been relatively tight-lipped on the press circuit (at least, more so than some of his colleagues), but when Mackie visited his place to watch some football he mistakenly spilled the beans.
"I said, 'Hey man, isn't that scene fantastic?'" recounted Evans. "And [Mackie] said, 'What scene?' And I said, 'The scene where I give you the shield.' And he said 'You're giving me the shield?' And I said, 'Oh no!'"
All's well that ends well though, since nothing leaked and Mackie had to know to shoot the scene anyway. And it's a nice little moment to picture for these Marvel bros. A bro-ment, if you will.
Evans also spoke about wielding Mjolnir, saying that it felt even better to lift Thor's hammer for the first time than it did to lift Captain America's shield. "The shield was destined for the character. The hammer was kind of this period at the end of a sentence in terms of his worth, and yeah, it was nice."
