Get a Rare Look at Chris Evans’ Avengers Tattoo Ahead of Marvel Return

“(Still keeping his other tattoos private by request but this blurry one of him was his own choice to release..),” Lord continued in his caption, before praising Evans. “Obviously Chris is a brilliant actor who has done sooo much more than just Captain America. Anyone lucky enough to see him on stage will attest to that, plus countless of my favorite movies, but this is a post inspired by the upcoming movie.”

Indeed, the New York-based tattoo artist’s praise of Evans comes as Marvel fans anxiously await to see his return as Steve Rogers in Avengers Doomsday—in theaters Dec. 18—after last being seen in Avengers: Endgame. (Fellow OG Avenger Downey is also returning to the mix, though this time he’s playing the villainous Doctor Doom.)

As for when Evans realized it was the right moment to come back? 

“I got a phone call from my team saying there’s a rumor [Downey Jr. is] talking to Marvel, and I was like, ‘Uh, oh. What does this mean?’” he recalled to Entertainment Weekly at San Diego Comic-Con last month. “And all of a sudden it felt right. [Doomsday co-director Joe Russo] gave me the pitch, and Downey was [back]. It just all of a sudden, it was like, ‘This is it.’”

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