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Chris Evans made his debut in the MCU as Captain America inCaptain America: The First Avenger. The film became a hit and Evans would soon become synonymous with the role of Captain America. He has since gone on to portray the role in further MCU films such asThe Avengers,Captain America: The Winter Soldier,Avengers: Age of Ultron,Captain America: Civil War,Avengers: Infinity War, andAvengers: Endgame. The character was the backbone of the MCU along with Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man and the two shepherded the storyline and led the other characters throughout the Infinity Saga.
Evans has earned a large chunk of income from doing these big-budgeted MCU films. But a comparison with the two other leading actors of the MCU i.e. Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Hemsworth seems to put an interesting observation about how much they were paid for their debut films in the MCU.
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Chris Evans Was the Second Highest Paid Among The Trio
Chris Evans,Robert Downey Jr, andChris Hemsworthwere the pillars of the MCU during The Infinity Saga. The three led the narrative of the interconnected world of the MCU and were the central figures in the fight against Thanos. But each of them had humble beginnings concerning their salaries with their debut MCU films. According toScreenRant, Evans earned $300k forCaptain America; The First Avenger, Downey earned $500k forIron Manand Hemsworth earned $150k forThor.
This puts Evans in the middle between the two MCU stars when comparing their first salaries in their debut Marvel projects. With subsequent films, their earnings increased and they received their biggest paychecks in later MCU films. According to another report fromScreenRant, their biggest salaries were $15 million for Evans inAvengers: Endgame, $20 million for Hemsworth inThor: Love and Thunder,and a whopping $75 million for Downey Jr inAvengers: Endgame.
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Chris Evans Agrees With Quentin Tarantino’s Recent Claims Regarding the MCU
Quentin Tarantino recently said that in the MCU, the Marvel characters are the real stars of the films and not the actors who embody those characters. Chris Evans agreed with the director’s statements, tellingGQ,
“That was the beauty of working on Marvel films. You never really had to be front and center. Even in your own films sometimes. Quentin Tarantino said it recently and I was like, you know, he’s right. The character is the star. You’re there, but you don’t feel the burden of it.”
He also revealed in the same interview that he wouldn’t mind returning to the role of Captain America if the script was right and in a way that does not tarnish the legacy he left behind with the character. Evans has two upcoming films including Netflix’sPain Hustlersopposite Emily Blunt and Amazon’sRed Onealongside Dwayne Johnson.
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Rahul Thokchom
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Rahul Thokchom is a senior content writer at Fandomwire who is passionate about covering the world of pop culture and entertainment. He has a Masters Degree in English that contributes to the richness and creativity in his works.
