Brave New World" sees a new hero carry the star-spangled shield on the big screen, as Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) untangles a conspiracy targetting President Thunderbolt Ross (Harrison Ford). But those who haven't seen the recent "Avengers" movies might be wondering why Wilson is now Captain America and not Steve Rogers (Chris Evans).

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

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.